Eurogate Rail Hungary

Eurogate Rail Hungary

Formerly	Floyd Zrt
Industry	Rail freight
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Budapest , Hungary
Services	Freight train operator
Parent	Eurogate International
Website	eurogate-rail.hu/

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 .

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

Class 450 locomotive 450002 in Hegyeshalom in November 2010

• 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]
• 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

References

1. Eurogate takes control of Floyd Today's Railways Europe issue 156 December 2008 page 42
2. British Locos Sold Modern Railways issue 882 March 2022 page 78
3. Markku Salo (2019-08-25). "Hungary - Diesel locomotives and multiple units". railpics.club. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
4. 50 Years and Still Going Strong The Railway Magazine issue 1373 August 2015 page 21
5. Halász Péter (2012). "RegionalBahn: Jönnek az angolok". regionalbahn.blogspot.com. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
6. Nemesis Rail to refurbish trio of Floyd Class 56s heading for Europe Rail issue 690 22 February 2012 page 67

External links

Media related to Floyd (railway company) at Wikimedia Commons

• Floyd Co.
• "Railfaneurope.net". railfaneurope.net. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
• "EU inquiry - Floyd Co. - Rail transport". eutudakozo.hu. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
• "Floyd Co. - Rail transport - B Address: the best source of supply". floydzrt-c.cegbongeszo.hu. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.