The first train with trailers and containers ran between Skåne and Stockholm on 1 September. Green Cargo will be running five departures per week and, initially, the train will run between Malmö and Stockholm. From 19 October, Trelleborg will also be linked to this intermodal shuttle.

The train has daily departures from Malmö Sunday through Thursday, from both the harbour and the intermodal terminal in Malmö. Goods receiving and departure times are adapted to the arrival of shipping in the harbour and to trains arriving from the continent. The intermodal train arrives at the Stockholm Årsta intermodal terminal early the following day.

“This is a long-term initiative with solutions tailored to the market for intermodal volumes. This is relevant for both continental and domestic volumes,” says Green Cargo’s Sales Director Richard Kirchner and points out that a need exists for new intermodal routes in the vacuum that arose when a previous train operator closed its intermodal routes in Sweden just over three and a half years ago.

Tremendous numbers of trucks and trailers travel between Skåne and Stockholm, and a substantial portion of these volumes can now use rail for long-distance transportation. The offering has already attracted substantial interest from shipping lines and freight forwarders.

“We have adapted the entire solution to meet market requirements and this means later goods receiving and departure times as well as early arrival times at both ends of the link. The offering is further strengthened by a late last-order time. Customers can book their freight right up until 12 o’clock noon, the same day the freight is leaving,” says Richard Kirchner.

Green Cargo’s Malmö-Stockholm intermodal shuttle serves trains and shipping carrying road freight to and from Germany. When the service links Trelleborg with the route to and from Stockholm, the service will serve even more shipping to and from Germany as well as Poland.

(Source: Green Cargo)