Viking-Rail

Viking-Rail ApS is a Danish railway undertaking headquartered in Padborg, a town on the Danish-German border that is a major hub for cross-border rail freight. The company was founded on 12 July 2004 and is owned by VIKING Vision Holding ApS. It describes itself as having more than 20 years of experience as a carrier of goods, special vehicles and unusual transports across the entire Danish rail network, and it also operates a workshop for diesel and electric locomotives and railway wagons of all kinds. Viking-Rail's core business is rail freight. Among its regular tasks is the transport of factory-new cars, an international operation carried out in close cooperation with railway companies in other EU countries. The German Wikipedia entry notes that the company transports new cars from Germany to Vamdrup and Ringsted in Denmark. Its vehicle keeper marking is VIK. A major turning point came at the beginning of 2023, when Viking-Rail acquired all the assets — including the locomotives — of CFL cargo Danmark ApS with effect from 1 January 2023. This followed the company's separation from the Luxembourg railways, after which it became an independent, Danish-owned business. The company states that it is now solidly in Danish hands through new ownership and is continuing and further developing its activities. Viking-Rail maintains a maintenance workshop in Padborg and, according to the German Wikipedia, has eleven diesel locomotives in its fleet. The company has been expanding its organisation at the workshop and recruiting locomotive drivers, and it also seeks electricians with knowledge of railway vehicles. Its stated values are flexibility, experience and the will to solve the task, with a constant focus on safety.

Viking-Rail ApS was founded on 12 July 2004. It is headquartered in Padborg, Denmark, a border town that serves as a key junction for rail freight between Denmark and Germany. The company is owned by VIKING Vision Holding ApS. For much of its existence, Viking-Rail has operated as a rail freight carrier on the Danish network. Its activities include the transport of goods, special vehicles and unusual transports, and it has developed particular expertise in moving factory-new cars. This international traffic is run in close cooperation with railway undertakings in other EU countries; according to German Wikipedia, new cars are transported from Germany to Vamdrup and Ringsted in Denmark. In addition to transport, Viking-Rail operates a workshop in Padborg for the maintenance and repair of diesel and electric locomotives and railway wagons of all kinds. The German Wikipedia entry states that the company has eleven diesel locomotives and that its vehicle keeper marking is VIK. A significant change occurred around the turn of 2022/2023. Viking-Rail was separated from the Luxembourg railways, and at the beginning of 2023 it became an independent, Danish-owned company. With effect from 1 January 2023, Viking-Rail acquired all the assets — including the locomotives — of CFL cargo Danmark ApS. The company describes itself as now being solidly in Danish hands through new ownership, and it is continuing and further developing its activities. In this phase it has been expanding its workshop organisation, recruiting locomotive drivers and looking for electricians with knowledge of railway vehicles.

• 2023

  Viking-Rail acquires all assets, including locomotives, of CFL cargo Danmark ApS.

• 2023

  Following separation from the Luxembourg railways, Viking-Rail becomes an independent, Danish-owned company.

• 2004

  Viking-Rail ApS is founded.

Independent Danish-owned railway undertaking offering flexible, experienced freight and special transport solutions with a strong safety focus and in-house maintenance capability.

• Rail freight transport

• Special and unusual transports

• Transport of factory-new cars

• Diesel and electric locomotive workshop

• Railway wagon maintenance and repair

1. 1VIKING-Rail ApSvikingrail.dk
2. 2Viking-Railwikidata.org
3. 3Viking-Railde.wikipedia.org