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Netherlands, and in Switzerland. In 2005 the founder companies increased the capital of the company by €4 million to €5 million to enable the purchase of multi-system electric locomotives. Safety certificate for operations in Belgium
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ES 64 U2 have been used based on requirements, as well as older locomotives have also been used in
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Initially the company was set up as a rail freight service for chemical companies, the organisation serves both national and international freight movements within Europe.
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was a German rail freight transport company, and the parent company of a number of
European subsidiary rail freight transport companies including
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by Hoyer - Hoyer entered the rail freight market to obtain a more economical transportation cost than that offered by
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was acquired (by the subsidiary Rail4chem
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railfreight operation division of SNCF. The business underperformed during the difficult market conditions of the
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in 2008, which was acquired by SNCF in 2009. In 2010 the company was grouped under SNCF's new freight train brand
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was a rail freight subsidiary of Hoyer; formed in
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only diesel locomotives were used in the Netherlands.
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1237:Railway companies established in 2004
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1232:Railway companies of the Netherlands
1017:"Rail4chem sets up Dutch subsidiary"
382:European Bulls Rail Freight Alliance
584:"Veolia Cargo purchased Rail4chem"
163:Thomas Kratzer (managing director)
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1247:Rail freight transport in Germany
961:, 13 January 2005, archived from
775:"Rail4chem set to cross the Alps"
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165:Mark Bertram (managing director)
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521:(for work in Germany), and the
509:consisted of 14 locomotives of
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923:Railway Gazette International
897:"Veolia Cargo sale finalised"
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882:Veolia to acquire Rail4Chem
493:Up till the opening of the
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987:"SHORTLINES website-index"
588:rinsider.club-feroviar.ro
523:Bombardier Transportation
117:Underperforming, absorbed
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1107:"RAIL4CHEM: Locomotives"
804:"Rail4chem in the money"
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673:"David against Goliath?"
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547:locomotives, primarily
543:(Class 66), as well as
236:rail4chem transalpin AG
187:rail4chem transalpin AG
671:Helena Kyster-Hansen,
651:, LIT Verlag MĂĽnster,
429:and cereal trains via
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866:24 July 2011 at the
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822:"Annual Report 2006"
571:References and notes
398:Rail4Chem Benelux NV
266:Captrain Deutschland
125:Captrain deutschland
1129:"Suche "rail4chem""
997:on 26 November 2004
885:transportweekly.com
415:Rail4Chem Benelux's
322:, formed 2000 from
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171:Number of employees
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903:. 1 December 2009.
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808:worldcargonews.com
757:goliath.ecnext.com
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735:railwaygazette.com
617:european-bulls.com
456:. You can help by
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1176:Bremerhaven
1172:BrunsbĂĽttel
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541:EMD JT42CWR
495:Betuweroute
405: [
312:Bertschi AG
300: [
289: [
286:Hoyer Group
210:Goods wagon
175:~180 (2008)
147:Area served
100:Bertschi AG
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78:Hoyer Group
1226:Categories
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716:22 January
687:22 January
677:x-rail.org
553:MaK G 1206
465:March 2009
437:Operations
316:Dürrenäsch
216:, May 2006
157:Key people
1012:Sources:
982:Sources:
969:28 August
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507:RAIL4CHEM
477:RAIL4CHEM
431:Europoort
427:Amsterdam
394:RAIL4CHEM
378:RAIL4CHEM
324:RSE Cargo
231:Rotterdam
221:RAIL4CHEM
122:Successor
30:RAIL4CHEM
18:Rail4Chem
1180:Schkopau
1168:Dormagen
1086:Archived
1038:14 March
864:Archived
830:Infrabel
559:See also
368:Captrain
262:Captrain
233:), the
54:Industry
1080:Permits
545:Vossloh
515:Adtranz
484:Antwerp
308:Hamburg
278:BASF AG
272:History
194:Website
140:Germany
106:Defunct
74:BASF AG
70:Founder
62:Founded
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423:Geleen
338:Aachen
297:VTG AG
251:Warsaw
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241:Basel
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971:2011
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718:2012
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653:ISBN
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364:SNCF
346:NMBS
342:SNCB
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