Lineas

Company History: Lineas the largest private rail freight operator in Europe with headquarters in Belgium and sites in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The Federal Holding and Investment Company (Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij) holds 10% of the shares. Private equity group Argos Wityu and the management of Lineas together hold the remaining 90%.

Lineas is responsible for the transport of goods by rail. The company has proclaimed its ambition to realise a ‘modal shift’in Europe, moving freight off the road and onto rail.

In 2014, Lineas launched the Green Xpress Network (GXN) with 23 rail connections between European stations. GXN combines different types of freight into a single train.From Wikipedia

Brief History: Belgium, a country in Western Europe, is known for medieval towns, Renaissance architecture and as headquarters of the European Union and NATO. The country has distinctive regions including Dutch-speaking Flanders to the north, French-speaking Wallonia to the south and a German-speaking community to the east. The bilingual capital, Brussels, has ornate guildhalls at Grand-Place and elegant art-nouveau buildings.