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New rail service links Gothenburg port with Νorthern Sweden

A new freight train shuttle service will connect the major Swedish port of Gothenburg with the northern part of the country.

The new shuttle is part of a series of rail shuttles linking industry in the north with markets on other continents via the Port of Gothenburg’s shipping line network.

Northern Sweden, or Norrland, is very important for both the country’s exports and energy supply.

Over the next 20 years, a large number of investments are expected to be made in new industries in Northern Sweden that will greatly contribute to the green transformation, resulting in an increased need for transport.

In fact, in the existing industry in Norrland, the need for transportation is already great, and export markets are often located on other continents, according to the port of Gothenburg, where rail volume is at an all-time high.

The new service, which will initially depart one day a week in each direction, is operated by the transport company First Row Shipping & Logistics.

The train, which can carry 68 containers, departs from Gothenburg on Friday morning. On Saturday morning, it arrives at the freight train terminal in Umeå, where it is loaded with freight to the south before leaving for the port of Gothenburg again the same night. The train then arrives directly in APM Terminal’s container terminal in Gotheburg on Sunday, where connecting ships that wait with direct departures to Asia and the US, among other places.

Rising rail traffic between Norrland and Gothenburg harbor now reaches twelve Norrland cities – Kiruna, Kalix, Luleå, Piteå, Umeå, Husum, Örnsköldsvik, Ånge, Sundsvall, Iggesund, Söderhamn and Gävle. In total, there are 45 departures a week operated by train operators Realrail, Green Cargo and First Row Shipping & Logistics.





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