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The Adria Transport d.oo is a Slovenian railway company , based in Koper . The object of the business is the transport of goods by rail into the hinterland of the port of Koper .

history

Adria Transport was founded in 2005 as a joint venture by Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH (GKB) and the operating company of the port of Koper ( Luka Koper ). After obtaining all the necessary permits in Austria and Slovenia as well as in competition with Intercontainer Austria ( Rail Cargo Austria ), the operative business started in August 2008.

Vehicle inventory

The third Taurus of the ADRIA TRANSPORT in the home port Graz Köflacherbahnhof on August 1st, 2008

The vehicle fleet includes three Siemens ES 64 U4-B (Taurus 3) and, since July 2011, a diesel-electric Siemens Eurorunner (Hercules) locomotive , which, among other advantages, does not use the power supply provided on the Koper - Prešnica - Divača route , so more trains are running can run along the route. From summer 2014 ^[obsolete] , locomotives of the ÖBB 1822 series are to be used to haul freight trains from the port of Koper to the Czech Republic on the Koper - Vienna route , which comply with the axle load limit of 20 t on the Maribor - Spielfeld route .

On January 10, 2018, the 193 822 locomotive previously leased by Siemens was sold to Adria Transport.

Range of services

Adria Transport carries freight trains from the port of Koper to the hinterland. The first transports brought discharged kerosene in Koper to Vienna-Schwechat airport . This service has been provided three times a week since October 2008.

According to Luka Koper , Adria Transport operates the Koper – Graz – Koper and Koper – Arad – Koper routes as required.

Web links

Commons : Adria Transport  - Collection of Images

• Official homepage. Adria Transport, accessed on March 27, 2018 . 
• Dietmar Interholz (Red.): Locomotive call . (Siemens TS supplies three Taurus). In: cee.siemens.com , accessed on August 5, 2011.
• Patrizia Reidl: Slovenia: GKB subsidiary is still bringing goods to and from Koper this year ( Memento from May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In : wirtschaftsblatt.at , May 5, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011.

Individual evidence

1. ^ GKB in Slovenia on rails ( memento from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: oesterreich.orf.at , February 28, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011.
2. ↑ Manfred Neuper: Page no longer available , search in web archives: GKP against ÖBB: Sea battle at the railroad . In: kleinezeitung.at , November 5, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011, page no longer available , search in web archives: Styrian economy receives a fixed train connection to the Adriatic port of Koper . In: kleinezeitung.at , November 5, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011, GKB: Graz-Koper-Express is not yet running ( memento from July 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: steiermark.orf.at , December 9, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011.
   
   
3. ↑ Adria Transport docks in the port of Koper (…) ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: steiermark.orf.at , August 27, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011.
4. ^ Elmar Oberegger: Koper-Bahn ( Memento from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: On the railway history of the Alps-Danube-Adriatic region , November 13, 2008, accessed on August 5, 2011.
5. ^ Adria Transport acquires a new locomotive ( Memento from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). (English). In: luka-kp.si , July 28, 2011, accessed on August 5, 2011.
6. ^ New start for the forgotten series in Austria in 1822 . In: Eisenbahn-Revue . No. 6 , 2014, p. 273-274 .
7. ↑ (EU) Siemens sells 193 822 to Adria Transport. railcolornews.com, January 24, 2018, accessed on January 29, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Our references. Adria Transport, archived from the original on August 25, 2011 ; accessed on September 14, 2019 (original website no longer available). 
9. ^ Railway connections . In: luka-kp.si , accessed on August 5, 2011 (English)