Railcare meets the railway industry in Sydney
On 13-16 November, the railway exhibition AusRail takes place in Sydney, Australia. Railcare is there to monitor the railway industry, build networks and exchange experiences with both exhibitors and visitors.“Australia is an interesting market, like many others they have a great need for maintenance on the railway infrastructure. The difference is that the railway is to a greater extent owned by individual companies, for example, the mining companies who are also responsible for all maintenance on their railways”, says Jonny Granlund, Business Area Manager for Railcare's Contracting
Railcare's transport operations continue to grow and in an agreement with Norwegian Trainpoint, five locomotives of the Effishunter 1000 model have now been leased. The locomotives have better environmental performance and an on-board system adapted to the new ERTMS* signaling system. The first four locomotives have now been approved by the Swedish Transport Agency and can begin to be used in traffic.“It is the first time this type of locomotive has been run on the Swedish railway. We will use them as standby locomotives within the framework of the agreements we have with Trafikverket”,
As a result of a growing organisation and confidence in the future, Railcare is making changes to its Group Management. The new Group Management comprises Mattias Remahl, CEO; Lisa Borgs, the new CFO; Johan Hansén, head of transport operations and Jonny Granlund, head of contracting operations and Machines and Technology.Railcare has performed well in recent years and is seeing continued high demand both for its transport services and railway maintenance. In combination with the new financial targets adopted by the Board in March, where sales shall increase to SEK 800 million by 2027, the
Railcare's Lokverkstad has been commissioned to Nordic-adapt five Traxx locomotives for the leasing company Beacon Rail. The project is worth approximately SEK 12 million and will be carried out during the first two quarters of 2023.The project involves an overall solution where Railcare will install the safety system, ATC2, and modify the locomotives for Nordic conditions, as well as manage the approval process with the European Union's Railway Agency, ERA. The approved locomotives will then be leased by Beacon Rail to Railcare's transport operations.
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LKAB Malmtrafik has renewed its contract with Railcare relating to iron ore transports which continues until 31-12-2023, with a one-year option. The value of the contract during 2023 is worth approximately SEK 40 million.- We have been hoping for renewed trust from LKAB, and it is very pleasing that we have now received it. In this contract we also have the opportunity for an extension during 2024, commented Mattias Remahl, CEO Railcare Group AB.
The iron ore transports will run between Svappavaara-Kiruna and Svappavaara Gällivare. They will begin as soon as possible and will gradually
Railcare Group adapts its organisation to optimise staff resources within the contracting business. This is made possible by bringing all machine operators together within Railcare Resources AB, where a new Operations Manager has been recruited, along with taking a partially new approach to operations in the UK. The organisational change means that costs corresponding to SEK 3 million will be charged to the result during the fourth quarter of 2022.Railcare Resources AB will supply other Railcare companies with machine operators for contracts carried out within both Contracting Sweden and
On behalf of the locomotive rental company Nordic Re-Finance, Railcare is working to upgrade and adapt a total of 28 locomotives to be rented out to the Scandinavian market. The projects will be undertaken during the period 2022-2024.- We are very happy about the trust we have received, and the close collaboration we have with Nordic Re-Finance. It gives us a long-term perspective while the business develops, says Patrik Söderholm, Operations Manager at Railcare Lokverkstad.
Nordic Re-Finance is a major player in the Scandinavian market for locomotive rental. The company's strategy is to
In northern Sweden, a new green industry is being formed, and the railway is a central part of climate-smart and efficient transport. There is also a general increase in demand for both freight and passenger transport, which puts the focus on railway maintenance. Several of the projects in Trafikverket's maintenance plan for 2021-2024 can now be found in the north of Sweden.- We have noticed that there are more maintenance projects in northern Sweden during the year. Since we work with preparatory work, for example before track replacements, we are often the first to start working, says
Railcare has signed a new 2-years framework agreement with Network Rail. Network Rail has overall responsibility for the construction and maintenance of large parts of the UK rail network.The new framework agreement is essentially the same as before. All of Network Rails’ departments and five geographical regions can use the framework contract and generate continuous call-off orders. The framework contract does not contain any restrictions or guarantees for either delivery volume or turnover. The pricing has been adjusted to some extent, and Network Rail can now call of Railcare's machines