Green Cargo will implement cost-cutting measures during 2026, including workforce reductions equivalent to around 115 full-time positions, to align its cost base with current market conditions.
Most of the job cuts affect administrative functions, while the impact on traffic-related production roles is more limited. Formal redundancy notices were submitted on 13 January in five counties: Örebro, Stockholm, Skåne, Halland and Dalarna. In total, employees at 18 locations across Sweden are affected.
Green Cargo said it has already restructured its production model during 2025, shifting to a corridor-based network. According to the company, this has improved punctuality and regularity and reduced accidents per train-kilometre, while maintaining delivery performance.
Within operations, Green Cargo will concentrate its service offering to increase load factors and improve resource utilisation. The company said the core production structure will otherwise remain in place to retain capacity and allow a rapid response if demand increases.
The operator said the cost adjustments are intended to strengthen financial resilience amid current freight volumes. Green Cargo added that it sees growing demand for rail freight, particularly in flows linked to critical infrastructure and defence-related logistics and aims to be financially positioned to take on such assignments.
