Hector Rail
Encyclopedia
Hector Rail is a Swedish
-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 29 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains hauled between two places with a regular time table.
The majority shareholders are the Høegh family from Norway, through Höegh Capital Partners.
and Norway
. It began operating in Denmark
and running trains from Sweden to Germany
during January 2008. In 2009 Hector rail started to haul a passenger train, for Veolia.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 29 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains hauled between two places with a regular time table.
The majority shareholders are the Høegh family from Norway, through Höegh Capital Partners.
History
Hector Rail ran its first train on 12 December 2004, and now operates around 2·4 million train-km a year in SwedenSweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It began operating in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and running trains from Sweden to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
during January 2008. In 2009 Hector rail started to haul a passenger train, for Veolia.
Locomotives
The company operates diesel and electrically powered locomotives:- 3 Class 141, ex ÖBB Class 1012 protype locomotives
- 9 Class 142, ex ÖBB Class 1142 locomotives
- 6 Class 161, ex NSB El 15NSB El 15NSB El 15 is a class of electric locomotives which are now operated by the Swedish company Hector Rail as Class 161 locomotives. The locomotives were originally built for the Norwegian State Railways in 1967 to replace the NSB El 3 and NSB El 4 engines on Ofotbanen...
- 10 Class 241, Bombardier TRAXX locomotives
- 3 Class 242, Siemens' EurosprinterEuroSprinterThe EuroSprinter family of electric locomotives is a modular concept of locomotives for the European market built by Siemens. The internal Siemens product name is ES 64, with ES for EuroSprinter and the number 64 indicating the 6,400 kW power at rail.Additional information is given in the name...
locomotives - 2 Class 441, Siemens' EurosprinterEuroSprinterThe EuroSprinter family of electric locomotives is a modular concept of locomotives for the European market built by Siemens. The internal Siemens product name is ES 64, with ES for EuroSprinter and the number 64 indicating the 6,400 kW power at rail.Additional information is given in the name...
locomotives - 2 Class 921, shunting locomotives
- 2 Class 941, Vossloh G 2000 BB diesel locomotives
- 3 Class 841, Nohab diesel locomotives ex SJ T43