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Railcare’s CEO, Mattias Remahl, interviewed by Redeye.

Sweden’s locomotive fleet consists of 56 percent electric locomotives. The remaining locomotives are powered almost exclusively by fossil fuels. To reduce emissions, Railcare Lokverkstad specialises in engine conversions that extend the service life of diesel locomotives and make locomotives greener.

Despite the pandemic period, with restrictions that we all have to stick to, we are looking forward to travelling and creating new memories. Here, Railcare’s own employee Sofie Dåversjö talking about some of her most interesting and fantastic train trips.

Kiruna Wagon is one of Scandinavia’s leading manufacturers of railway wagons for the mining industry. There is extensive experience here with customer-specific solutions, and when Northland Resources needed a new type of high-capacity offloading, the result was a Helix Dumper. An innovative award winner that has resonated around the world.

Here, we offer readers a brief insight into Railcare’s major innovations over the years. From Railvac’s vacuum technology in 1992 to today’s latest innovation, the battery-powered MPV.

Can a corporate culture promote inventiveness? And what is it that makes Railcare innovative, 29 years after its founding? We posed these questions to Daniel Öholm, CEO and Ulf Marklund, one of the founders and the Deputy CEO of Railcare.

Towards the end of 2020, the Swedish Transport Administration released its report “Lining – an overall assessment”. This was the result of about two years assessing lining methods and the environmental impacts of the curing techniques used.

Right now, Europe’s largest battery factory is being established in Skellefteå in Northern Sweden. Northvolt has secured financing of USD 3.5 billion and today has 1,300 employees, of whom about one hundred are in Skellefteå. Emad Zand was one of the first to join the project. He shares his visionary perspective and Northvolt’s role in the electrification with Railcare.

Between Herrljunga and Borås, the Swedish Transport Administration has 43 kilometres of railway referred to as “System M”. The tracks are to be replaced and the ballast cleaned along this entire stretch. Railcare began the work in 2020 and has continued in 2021. Here, Anders Magnusson and Piere Högberg from the Swedish Transport Administration tell us more about the project.

In a sunny Karlstad, the first project with Railcare’s MPV, the world’s largest battery-powered maintenance machine for railways, started on July 21st.

On 1 July 2021, Railcare T received a safety certificate part B from the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate (SJT), which entails a permit to operate trains in Norway.

Railcare currently maintains operations in four locations. In Sweden, the head office is located in Skelleftehamn, there is also an office in Stockholm and a railway workshop in Långsele. Our location in the UK is in Derby, a prominent railway hub. The following is a selection of anecdotes and facts from the various locations in which we operate.

The partnership between Railcare and Kaunis Iron continues with a ten-year contract for transports of iron ore. It is a distance of 220 kilometres between Pitkäjärvi and Narvik, and Railcare T operates two round trips per day, seven days a week along this route.

On 2 June, the Redeye Growth Day will be held for the fifth consecutive year. Railcare’s CEO Daniel Öholm is participating in this year’s program, along with many other interesting companies within the Life Science and Technology sector. The program of the day will be interspersed with presentations from over 70 selected companies and features

The Welsh Government project will see the electrification of the Core Valley Lines as well as the Coryton and City Lines through the capital down to Cardiff Bay. Transport for Wales and Amey Keolis gets a cost efficient,productive and safe solution to their problem of excavating 400 trial holes, thanks to the Railcare/Quantum Construction team.

Railcare’s President and CEO, Daniel Öholm, answers questions related to the interim report January-March 2021.

Railcare’s President and CEO, Daniel Öholm, answers questions related to the Year-end report 2020.