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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Rail Freight |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Bernard Gustin (executive chairman) |
| Products | Rail freight transport, logistics solutions |
| Revenue | €500 million (2023) |
| Owner | Federal Holding and Investment Company, Argos Wityu |
Number of employees | 1700 |
| Website | www.lineas.net |
Lineas is Europe's largest private rail freight operator.[1] Headquartered in Belgium, it also operates from various sites across France, Germany and the Netherlands. The company, that was established as the successor to the freight division of the Belgian National Railway Company (NMBS / SNCB) and privatized in the context of the liberalization of the rail freight market, has rapidly expanded its operations across Europe. Shareholders are the Federal Holding and Investment Company (Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij) and private equity group Argos Wityu.
The primary business activity of Lineas is the transport of goods by rail.
- ^ Byl, Roeland (18 February 2020). "Geert Pauwels (Lineas) krijgt de European Railway Award". Trends Knack. Retrieved 16 December 2020.