Greek-Austrian rail company's cargo service

Greece's second private railway company, following the privatization of Trainose, is about to make its first journey on the Greek public rail network. Greek-Austrian consortium Rail Cargo Logistic Goldair is active only in cargo transport, as the name suggests, and its first outing using its own carriages will serve the Sindos-Idomeni route in northern Greece.

Although the services will only be twice a week to start with, the aim is to make them daily and connect the logistics installations of Greek group Goldair Cargo at Sindos, near Thessaloniki, with the Greek borders and then via the Austrian company's network to Central and Western Europe.

The official launch of the company's operations was attended by figures including Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis, Austrian Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Boehm, and the chairman of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), Giorgos...