Fleet
A Vectron in Czech colours strengthens long-distance haulage
The new multi-system locomotive expands our capacity for through trains to Germany, Austria and Slovakia without changing traction at the border.
Independent national operator · CZ · SK · EU
Qualityrail freight operator
IDS CARGO is the largest private rail freight operator on the Czech network. Our own locomotives, our own drivers, our own accountability — from your siding to the border and beyond.
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150
railway professionals
30
own traction vehicles
CZK 500m
annual turnover
6th
position on the Czech network
Market position
Five operators rank above us. All five are state owned.
In the statistics of transported volumes IDS CARGO holds sixth position on the Czech railway. The first five places belong to state-owned companies. Seen through that lens we are the largest private operator on the network — and the only player of this size whose decisions are driven by customers rather than by politics or the subsidy cycle.
The largest independent operator on the Czech railway
Where our advantage lies
The right locomotive. The difficult haul. The fast decision.
Our strength is not volume, it is fit: a locomotive portfolio built for efficiency, real experience with demanding traffic, and dispatching that answers in hours instead of weeks.
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Optimal locomotive portfolio
Electric, diesel and multi-system locomotives plus shunters in a single fleet. For every route we deploy the traction that fits technically and costs least to run — no needless engine changes, no empty mileage.
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Specialists in demanding traffic
Exceptional consignments, RID dangerous goods, construction and works trains, transfers, and operations on sidings with difficult infrastructure. Where standard solutions end, our work begins.
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Operational responsiveness
Own dispatching, own drivers and own vehicles mean short decision paths. Extra trains, diversions or weekend operations are solved without a chain of external suppliers.
What we deliver
Four pillars, one operation
We cover the entire chain — loading on your siding, haulage of block trains, and forwarding and customs coverage across Europe.
Rail freight
Our own locomotives and crews across CZ and SK, partner traction across the EU.
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Forwarding
Complete logistics solutions built on a network of vetted partners.
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Industrial sidings
Full management of siding operations, including legislation and training.
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Hire
Locomotives and wagons — short term, long term, with crews.
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Technical base
A strong fleet of owned vehicles
One of the key advantages of IDS CARGO is its extensive technical base and diverse portfolio of owned rolling stock. That variety lets us design a solution for any operation — from yard shunting to long-distance haulage under the wires.
- Shunting and line haul
- Vehicles for siding duty as well as national and regional lines.
- Modernisation and ETCS
- We keep fitting on-board ETCS and raising fleet interoperability.
- Own crews
- Drivers and train managers licensed for both CZ and SK.
Classes in service
121 · 140 · 242 · 365 · 700 · 701 · 702 · 703 · 710 · 721 · 730 · 740 · 742 · 749 · Vectron
Operating scope
From the siding to across the border
Operations are directed from our headquarters in Ústí nad Labem and from Olomouc. We cover the entire Czech and Slovak network and run onward transports with vetted partners across the European Union.
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Czech Republic
Own licence, own locomotives, own crews on the whole network.
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Slovakia
Haulage with our own resources, no hand-over to a third operator.
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European Union
Private trains with foreign partners under the Eurolicence.
Commodities
What we move by rail
- Agricultural commodities
- Oils and diesel
- Chemical products
- Cement and binders
- Fly ash
- Coal
- Automotive
- Exceptional consignments
News
Something is always moving here
New vehicles, new relations, new people. A short overview of what has happened recently.
Operations
Another industrial siding under IDS CARGO management
We have taken over the complete operation of another industrial siding — including operating rules, staff training and maintenance supervision.
Technology
More vehicles fitted with on-board ETCS
We continue retrofitting the fleet so that our trains can run on lines operated exclusively under ETCS.
IDS Group
MEMBER OF THE IDS HOLDING
We are part of the IDS holding — a strong Czech group. With our sister companies we share know-how, equipment and maintenance capacity.
Member of IDS building corporation, a.s.
WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR CARGO
Talk to our commercial team. We answer enquiries fast and design the solution around your operation.