Eurogate Rail Hungary
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Eurogate Rail Hungary, formerly Floyd Zrt, is a Hungarian private railway company founded in 2004 by Andras Bogdan. Its headquarters are in Budapest. Rolling stock is usually black with the name of the company written on a pink stripe. The vehicles were therefore given the nickname Pink Floyd.
 Floyd Zrt 060 DA Diesel locomotive | |
| Formerly | Floyd Zrt |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail freight |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Freight train operator |
| Parent | Eurogate International |
| Website | eurogate-rail.hu/ |
The company mainly deals with the transit and transport of goods, with daily services to the Budapest Intermodal Logistics Center and Hamburg. In October 2008, Eurogate purchased a 51% shareholding and ICE Transport another 23%, with Andras Bogdan retaining 26%.[1] In January 2022, Floyd Zrt was renamed Eurogate Rail Hungary.[2]
Fleet details
Current
- Siemens Vectron 193D – 6 units leased from BoxXpress.de
- Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC2 – 1 unit leased from Akiem
- LDE CFR 2100 – 429 series, three locomotives
- 429 004[3]
Past
- British Rail Class 86 – 450 series, nine locomotives
- 450001 (ex 86248), 450002 (ex 86250), 450003 (ex 86232), 450004 (ex 86218), 450005 (ex 86215), 450006 (ex 86217), 450007 (ex 86228), 450008 (ex 86242), 450 009 (ex 86424)[4]
Class 450 locomotive 450002 in Hegyeshalom in November 2010
- 450001 (ex 86248), 450002 (ex 86250), 450003 (ex 86232), 450004 (ex 86218), 450005 (ex 86215), 450006 (ex 86217), 450007 (ex 86228), 450008 (ex 86242), 450 009 (ex 86424)[4]
- British Rail Class 56 – 659 series, three locomotives[5][6]
- 659001 (ex 56101), 659002 (ex 56115), 659003 (ex 56117)
- 60 CFR Series – 609 series, one locomotive
- 609 009[3]
- CFR LDH 1250 – 429 series, one locomotive
- LDE CFR 1250 – 492 series, one locomotive
