Industrial boom draws international transport routes for northern Sweden

Image: Port of Gothenburg

A new shuttle train connection between Umeå, in northern Sweden, and the port of Gothenburg signals a transformation for the Swedish rail freight industry. This service is the latest in a series of rail links between the two regions. Industrial investments in the Swedish north grow transport demand and will help provide international visibility and opportunities for this remote region, explained Anders Hjalmarsson, CEO of the Västerbotten Chamber of Commerce.

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Author: Nikos Papatolios

Nikos Papatolios is the Editorial Coordinator of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

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bönström bönström|31.05.22|17:33

By upgraded, timely, high capacity, rail shuttles all over, the East Coast Pors of Sweden shall turn gates to Baltic, and Hinterland of PoG, the ocean port.
For sake of environment and for the needed offloading, of the congested on shore transports at Continent, the now needed, in Sweden and Europe, is an offensive goal!
Goal of membership of EU was to benefit of nearness, to and within a big “domestic” market.(Device is the sustainable, high quality infrastructure…)

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Industrial boom draws international transport routes for northern Sweden

Image: Port of Gothenburg

A new shuttle train connection between Umeå, in northern Sweden, and the port of Gothenburg signals a transformation for the Swedish rail freight industry. This service is the latest in a series of rail links between the two regions. Industrial investments in the Swedish north grow transport demand and will help provide international visibility and opportunities for this remote region, explained Anders Hjalmarsson, CEO of the Västerbotten Chamber of Commerce.

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Author: Nikos Papatolios

Nikos Papatolios is the Editorial Coordinator of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

1 comment op “Industrial boom draws international transport routes for northern Sweden”

bönström bönström|31.05.22|17:33

By upgraded, timely, high capacity, rail shuttles all over, the East Coast Pors of Sweden shall turn gates to Baltic, and Hinterland of PoG, the ocean port.
For sake of environment and for the needed offloading, of the congested on shore transports at Continent, the now needed, in Sweden and Europe, is an offensive goal!
Goal of membership of EU was to benefit of nearness, to and within a big “domestic” market.(Device is the sustainable, high quality infrastructure…)

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