Stockholm Nord boosts connections

The European shuttle will now run six regular departures per week instead of three, thanks to investment from transport companies, Kombiverkehr and Spedition Bode.

“This is a significant step forward that opens up opportunities for both importers and exporters that need reliable, consistent and cost-effective logistics solutions,” said Joseph Muhumuza, regional sales manager at Yilport Nordic.

Transport company Kombiverkehr has a well-established network with over 110 terminals in Europe and views the collaboration with Spedition Bode as the main reason for the increased train connections.

“With our one-stop shop offers, freight forwarders receive a continuous service from Duisburg, Ludwigshafen, Barcelona, or Verona, for example, while saving around 80% CO2,” said Ulrich Bedacht, manager Northern European Seaports & German Baltic Sea Ports at Kombiverkehr.

The new schedule opens up possibilities for future development of rail transport, according to both Yilport and Spedition Bode.

“We are currently investigating the possibilities to establish even more train routes to other parts of the country,” said Muhumuza.

“In addition to the train connection to Europe, we have recently expanded our own train shuttle that runs between our container terminal in the port of Gävle and Stockholm North from three to four days a week.”

Stev Etzrodt, executive managing director at Spedition Bode added that the company planned to work with Kombiverkehr to establish a connection from Stockholm to northern Sweden.

“It is our wish to build a robust Swedish network, facilitating intermodal traffic with capability to transport reefer containers, dry container as well as trailers and tanks seamlessly,” he said.