Real Rail Sweden will move its southern departure point from Helsingborg to Malmö from 14 December 2026.
The change extends Real Rail’s southern Sweden offer from Skåne’s Helsingborg area to Malmö, while retaining the northbound structure through Nässjö toward Umeå and Luleå. Real Rail said the service will allow customers in northern Sweden to move freight to Malmö in one transport chain, with door-to-door delivery handled through its logistics offer.
Real Rail is a rail freight company within Sandahls. The group describes Real Rail as a separate company operating long-distance freight rail services with weekday departures linking southern and northern Sweden.
The current Real Rail network listed by Sandahls includes weekday services on Göteborg/Falköping–Sundsvall, Göteborg–Umeå, Falköping–Umeå/Luleå, Västerås–Umeå/Luleå, Nässjö–Umeå/Luleå and Helsingborg–Umeå/Luleå. The Malmö change therefore replaces the Helsingborg origin on the Skåne–Norrland axis rather than adding a wholly new northern corridor.
Sandahls’ T26 customer timetable, valid from 14 December 2025 to 12 December 2026, lists weekday Helsingborg–Umeå and Helsingborg–Luleå services, with last hand-in at 18:30. Southbound services from Luleå and Umeå to Helsingborg are also listed Monday to Friday, with first collection at Helsingborg at 06:00.
The terminal opening schedule for T26 lists Real Rail terminals at Luleå, Umeå, Sundsvall, Västerås, Falköping, Nässjö/Gamlarp, Göteborg and Helsingborg. Nässjö/Gamlarp is listed with weekday opening hours from 06:00 to 22:00, matching its role as a southern Sweden node in the Real Rail network.
Real Rail has also expanded its traction flexibility on northern Swedish routes. Real Rail’s Traxx AC2 locomotives have full approval for operation in Sweden and Norway with ETCS onboard, allowing use on the Botniabanan and Ådalsbanan and other ETCS-equipped routes where required.
The company operates eight departures per day, five days per week across its network. Real Rail uses its own production resources and timetable, combining rail line-haul capacity with road-based collection and delivery.
