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{{Short description|Norwegian freight train operator}}
{{About|the Norwegian railway|the freight handling device|Cargo net}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox company
| name             = CargoNet AS
| logo             = CargoNet logo.png
| type             = [[Privately held company|Private]]
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| location_city    = [[Oslo]]
| location_country = [[Norway]]
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| area_served      = [[Scandinavia]]
| key_people       = 
| industry         = [[Transport]]
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| revenue          = [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] 1.247 billion  (2022)
| operating_income = 
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| owner            = [[Vy]]
| num_employees    = 402 (2022)
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| homepage         = {{URL|www.cargonet.no}}
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[[Image:CargoNet El 14 2197.jpg|thumb|A CargoNet [[NSB El 14|El 14]] locomotive hauling a freight train]]
'''CargoNet AS''' is the primary operator of [[freight rail transport|freight train]]s on the [[rail transport in Norway|Norwegian railway system]].

It was originally formed as '''NSB Gods''' after [[Vy|NSB (now Vy)]] was split into separate passenger and freight companies. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It was originally owned by NSB (55% share hold) and the Swedish freight company [[Green Cargo]] who sold their share to NSB in 2010, making the latter the sole owner. CargoNet AS has a subsidiary company in Sweden called ''CargoNet AB'' which was purchased as ''RailCombi AB'' in 2002.<ref name="Swenson">{{Cite book |last=Swenson |first=Keith D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-oXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA116 |title=Empowering Knowledge Workers |date=2013 |publisher=Future Strategies Incorporated |isbn=978-0984976478}}</ref>{{rp|115}} However, CargoNet decided to exit the Swedish market in 2011 due to a lack of foreseeable profitability; it later returned during 2020.

CargoNet's operations have been highly centered upon [[Intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] freight movements. By 2013, twelve freight terminals were being operated by CargoNet, predominantly in Norway and Sweden; operations provide both [[containerization|container]] and bulk-cargo trains.<ref name="Swenson" />{{rp|116}} Increasing use of real-time monitoring technologies, planning changes, new rolling stock, and other innovations have improved reliability and service levels.

==Activities==
The ''CargoNet'' brand was adopted at the start of 2002; at the time, the organisation was jointly owned by [[Vy|NSB (now Vy)]] (which held a majority 55 percent stake) and the Swedish freight company [[Green Cargo]] (the remaining 45 percent). Its creation was one of several measures enacted to liberalise Norway's railways and to allow private companies to have greater participation; in 2003, cross-border freight traffic was opened to market competition, while Norway’s domestic freight market was similarly opened up four years later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Operational business areas |url=https://www.vy.no/en/the-vy-group/operational-business-areas |access-date=29 May 2023 |publisher=[[Vy]]}}</ref> These reforms reportedly greatly boosted demand for rail freight by 2008, leading to infrastructure owners planning substantial capacity expansion schemes for the following decade.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2008 |title=Strategies aiming to double Norwegian freight traffic |url=https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/689/strategies-aiming-to-double-norwegian-freight-traffic/ |publisher=globalrailwayreview.com}}</ref> During 2010, Green Cargo sold its 45 percent stake in CargoNet to NSB, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary of the latter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Business |url=https://www.cargonet.no/en/startpage/about-us/our-business/ |access-date=29 May 2023 |publisher=cargonet.no}}</ref>

Prior to 2011, CargoNet was one of the larger rail logistics operators active in Sweden.<ref name="uirr sweden2022" /> However, in autumn 2011, the company decided to withdraw entirely from the Swedish market, stating at the time that it believed it would not be able to operate profitability in the sector; instead CargoNet reorientated towards domestic freight services within Norway.<ref name="uirr sweden2022" /> CargoNet has invested in the expansion of [[Intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] traffic in an effort to capture business from congested roads in the Northern parts of Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zasiadko |first=Mykola |date=7 February 2020 |title=13,000 lorries off the roads of Northern Norway |url=https://www.railfreight.com/intermodal/2020/02/07/13000-lorries-of-the-roads-of-northern-norway/ |publisher=railfreight.com}}</ref> By 2021, fish products from Norway's northernmost port of [[Narvik (town)|Narvik]] were being shipped by rail across Europe, resulting in a 40 percent time savings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zasiadko |first=Mykola |date=9 December 2021 |title=From northern Norway to the rest of Europe, fish products go by rail |url=https://www.railfreight.com/intermodal/2021/12/09/from-northern-norway-to-the-rest-of-europe-fish-products-go-by-rail/ |publisher=railfreight.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zasiadko |first=Mykola |date=9 March 2022 |title=Port of Narvik finds its way to Finland by rail |url=https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2022/03/09/port-of-narvik-finds-its-way-to-finland-by-rail/ |publisher=railfreight.com}}</ref> However, by the early 2020s, it was noted that capacity at several key parts of the Norwegian rail network was approaching saturation, limiting the possibilities for growth without considerable investment.<ref name="baneinvest 2023" />

During late 2020, CargoNet decide to relaunch its Swedish operations; around the same time, Green Cargo had decided to discontinue its own cross-border trains and remove itself from the Norwegian market, allowing the company to capture these traffics relatively easily.<ref name="baneinvest 2023">{{Cite web |last=Papatolios |first=Nikos |date=15 March 2023 |title=Rail freight in Norway notes minor growth, Bane Nor wants to invest more |url=https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2023/03/15/rail-freight-in-norway-notes-minor-growth-bane-nor-wants-to-invest-more/ |publisher=railfreight.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2020 |title=Cargonet commences Scandinavian rail service |url=https://container-news.com/cargonet-commences-scandinavian-rail-service/ |publisher=container-news.com}}</ref> To serve the Swedish cross-border business, CargoNet initially operating a then-weekly shuttle between [[Alnabru]]/[[Oslo]] and the port of [[Gothenburg]], additional shuttles soon followed to serve [[Halmstad]], [[Malmö]], and [[Trelleborg]]. In October 2022, CargoNet's management declared their intention to increase the number of departures to Halmstad and Gothenburg as well as to further increase capacity between Oslo and Malmö/Trelleborg. Demand for these cross-border services was claimed to be growing at a faster rate than that of the domestic counterparts.<ref name="uirr sweden2022">{{Cite web |date=4 October 2022 |title=CARGONET expands CT between Norway and Sweden |url=https://www.uirr.com/en/news/mediacentre/2388-cargonet-expands-ct-between-norway-and-sweden.html |publisher=[[UIRR|Union internationale pour le transport combiné Rail-Route]]}}</ref>

==Locomotives==
[[File:Di 66.405 Trondheim 06.08.05.jpg|thumb|A CargoNet [[CD 66]] diesel locomotive]]
Locomotives of type [[NSB El 14|El 14]], [[CD 66]], and some of the [[NSB El 16|El 16]]s have a dark gray livery with a checkered yellow and black stripe somewhere. This is partly a "refreshment" of the gray NSB-Gods livery. The [[NSB Di 8|Di 8]] and some shunters tend to use the older yellow livery with a red driver's cab. About half of the Di 8 have a newer livery in silver with yellow stripe and yellow checkered arrow on the side. The rest of the locomotives (El 16, CE 119 and CD 312) have new livery in silver, with a yellow stripe along the side, and a checkered yellow arrow.

In September 2007, CargoNet agreed terms with one of the [[labor union]]s, which led to increased pay for drivers that use the [[EMD Series 66|CD 66]] [[diesel locomotive]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agreement between the NLF and CargoNet |url=http://www.lokmann.no/aktu04/041005cnenighet.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928222250/http://www.lokmann.no/aktu04/041005cnenighet.htm |archive-date=28 September 2007 |language=Norwegian}}</ref> In September 2021, CargoNet announced that it would start bi-mode traction in the form of the [[Stadler Euro Dual]], a dual power [[electro-diesel locomotive]] outfitted with both a diesel power units and apparatus to pick up electric power from overhead catenaries. These locomotives, which are being [[lease]]d from the rolling stock company [[European Loc Pool]], will enable CargoNet to increase the weight of its freight trains by up to 50 per cent on electrified lines due to the six-axle arrangement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Papatolios |first=Nikos |date=22 September 2021 |title=Hybrid locomotives to operate on Norwegian tracks |url=https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2021/09/22/hybrid-locomotives-to-operate-on-norwegian-tracks/ |publisher=railfreight.com}}</ref> as of 2023, CargoNet has 4 Stadler Eurodual locomotives in operation. 

During the 2010s, CargoNet began equipping their locomotives with real-time remote monitoring apparatus, which has enabled a greater scope of interaction with train drivers, to plan usage-based maintenance based on counters, and for automated alerts of issues and abnormal behaviors to be received as fast as possible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vijver |first=Kaat Van de |date=15 September 2017 |title=CargoNet equips first locomotive with Railnova remote monitoring |url=https://www.railnova.eu/cargonet-equips-first-locomotive-with-railnova-remote-monitoring/ |publisher=railnova.eu}}</ref> Furthermore, customers are also able to better track services and monitor their progress through to delivery.<ref name="Swenson" />{{rp|119}}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Locomotives
! Image||Model||Number||Power||Top speed||Note
|-
| [[Image:NSB El. 14 2188.JPG|120px]]||[[NSB El 14|El 14]]||25||Electric||100&nbsp;km/h||
|-
| [[File:CargoNet El 16 at Dombås at night.jpg|120px]]||[[NSB El 16|El 16]]||15||Electric||140&nbsp;km/h||
|-
| [[Image:CargoNet Di 8.706.jpg|120 px]] || [[NSB Di 8|Di 8]]||10||Diesel-electric||120&nbsp;km/h||
|-
| [[Image:Di 66.405 Trondheim 06.08.05.jpg|120 px]] || [[EMD Series 66|CD 66]] || 6 ||Diesel-electric||120&nbsp;km/h||Leased. Being replaced by CD 312,  started end 2022.
|-
| <!-- No image of CE 119 available-->|| [[CE 119]] || 10 || Electric|| || Leased, of type Bombardier [[TRAXX]]
|-
| [[File:CargoNet Di 12 Euro 4000 Lønsdal - Bolna.jpg|120px]] || [[CD 312]] || 6 || Diesel-electric||160&nbsp;km/h || Leased, of type [[Vossloh Euro 4000]]
|-
| [[File:CN Skd 226 10-Trondheim.JPG|120px]] || [[Skd226]] || 12 || Diesel || ||Shunter
|-
| <!-- No image of Skd224 available--> || [[Skd224]] || 5 || Diesel || || Shunter
|-
| <!-- No image of Skd220c available-->|| [[Skd220c]] || 3 || Diesel || || Shunter
|-
| <!-- No image of Skd225 available--> || [[Skd225]] || 1 || Diesel || || Shunter
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|CargoNet}}
* {{Official website|http://www.cargonet.no/en/}}
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/norway/norway_cn.html CargoNet stock list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706110405/http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/norway/norway_cn.html |date=2010-07-06 }}

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