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| Company type | BV |
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| Industry | Railway |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | ERS Railways B.V. , Albert Plesmanweg 61B 3088 GB Rotterdam |
| Products | Railways and Logistic Provider |
| Services | ISO container, tank and trailer transportation |
Number of employees | 100 |
| Parent | Hupac |
| Subsidiaries | ERS Railways |
| Website | www.ersrail.com |
ERS Railways (formerly European Rail Shuttle B.V.) is a rail freight company presently owned by the Swiss rail freight company Hupac.
It was established in 1994 as a joint venture of four separate logistics companies: Sealand Service, P & O Containers, Nedlloyd, and NS Cargo. Initial services were hauled using leased rolling stock from other operators; the company has since built up its own inventory, including a fleet of electric locomotives (diesel traction was largely phased out during the 2010s) and over 400 container platforms. By 2014, the company was operating 250 trains per week and had five offices in four European countries. With a modern fleet of locomotives and over 400 container platforms, low-bed as well as double-pocket wagons, they are able to transport container, tank and trailer units. ERS Railways has so far been granted railway licenses in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria.
Various changes in ERS Railways' ownership have occurred, the Danish shipping firm Mærsk Line obtained total ownership of the company before opting to sell it to the British intermodal railway freight company Freightliner Group in August 2013. During May 2018, the Swiss rail freight company Hupac announced that it would acquire ERS Railway from Freightliner's parent company; it subsequently merged with the company's Duisburg-based subsidiary Hupac Maritime Logistics GmbH and was reorganised as ERS Railways GmbH.