RAIL4CHEM
| Company type | mit beschränkter Haftung (mbH.) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail freight |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | BASF AG, Hoyer Group, VTG AG, Bertschi AG |
| Defunct | 2010 |
| Fate | Underperforming, absorbed |
| Successor | Captrain deutschland |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Europe : Germany, Switzerland, Benelux, Poland |
Key people | Sven Flore (COO) Thomas Kratzer (managing director) Mark Bertram (managing director) |
Number of employees | ~180 (2008) |
| Subsidiaries | rail4chem Benelux B.V. rail4chem transalpin AG fer Polska S.A. |
| Website | www.rail4chem.com |
RAIL4CHEM was a German rail freight transport company, and the parent company of a number of European subsidiary rail freight transport companies including rail4chem Benelux B.V. (Rotterdam), the rail4chem transalpin AG (Basel) and Fer Polska S.A. (Warsaw).
The business was acquired by Veolia Cargo in 2008, which was acquired by SNCF in 2009. In 2010 the company was grouped under SNCF's new freight train brand Captrain, and absorbed into the Captrain Deutschland subdivision, and became a provider to the division of long distance freight trains.