EQT completes acquistion of GB Railfreight [Railway Gazette]





Date: 16/11/2016

Private equity fund EQT Infrastructure II announced on November 15 that it had completed the acquisition of Groupe Eurotunnels UK freight operating subsidiary GB Railfreight. The acquisition with an enterprise value of 180m has been made through an indirectly-owned company within Hector Rail Group, Swedens largest private freight operator which is active across Scandinavia and Germany. [From Charlie Niven]


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EQT completes acquisition of GB Railfreight

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UK: Private equity fund EQT Infrastructure II announced on November 15 that it had completed the acquisition of Groupe Eurotunnel's UK freight operating subsidiary GB Railfreight. The acquisition with an enterprise value of 180m has been made through an indirectly-owned company within Hector Rail Group, Sweden's largest private freight operator ...

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