The Stuttgart-based financing house SüdLeasing is helping SETG to get more wood on the railways. Additional five SFLEXWOOD trainsets will be financed by it, based on the recent agreement.
SETG introduced the first SFLEXWOOD train into operation in March 2023. These trainsets consist of special stake wagons produced by Tatravagonka. With a loading length of 17.2 meters, loading cross-section of 8.8 m² and more than 68 tonnes of payload per wagon, up to 2,500 solid cubic meters of roundwood can be loaded on a single SFLEXWOOD train (depending on the nature of the wood and the number of wagons). The absence of end walls on these wagons, frame support, and other technological aspects help save up to 25% of traction energy, especially with empty runs.
SETG specialises in forest product transport, from roundwood to container trains with finished products. SFLEXWOOD can also be used for the transportation of sawn timber. It is the first private operator investing in new stake wagons since WWII. The company plans to increase its stake wagons fleet to 420 wagons.
