The company Bahnoperator Czech s.r.o. is led by Martin Gráca(CEO), a logistics specialist with over 20 years in corporate and private-sector freight services.
Bahnoperator group (via Bahnoperator Europe GmbH) has registered a new Czech subsidiary—Bahnoperator Czech s.r.o.- in Prague as of March 2025. The move aims to support the company’s expanding intermodal rail network between Central Europe, China and middle east counties in direct connection to control the whole transport chain by own resources or long-term partners in behind.
Silk Road, Middle Corridor and CIS activity gains traction
The launch of Bahnoperator Czech coincides with renewed emphasis on the so-called the silk road, middle corridor and CIS routes from China to Europe, to be a flexible for a sanction cargo via Malaszewicze route to be still able to offer on the market the most efficient and fast delivery chain to Czech market and around. These routings are operating in the direct connection to the BTE platform in behind and offer the direct service on these routings, what makes a absolutely rare and exclusive office sitting in Czech Republic with this unique orientation to support a current customers and future developing in direct service and taking a care about the transported cargo with a complete service for the customers.
Rolling stock autonomy
Bahnoperator has increased control over traction by own locomotives in the fleet. The company currently operates by Siemens Vectron multisystem units useful in the countries like Poland, Czech, Germany and soon more, even by the ship operated on the Black Sea area to support running cargo by the southern ways to be flexible in Europe and be prepared for a growing potential routing in this area.
Network partnerships and inland operations
Bahnoperator continues cooperation with the current partners, involving China-origin freight in its trains serving Central Europe, while these partners handle most traction south and southwest of Poland on Bahnoperator’s direct contracts. Typical destinations include Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Poland.
Corridor via Malaszewicze
Rail traffic along the traditional China–Europe corridor via Russia continues—characterised by stable 14–20-day transit times to central Europe. The Xi’an–Czech Republic leg typically takes around 14 days. Despite the speed advantage, some clients avoid the Russian route due to EU and Russian sanctions introduced since 2022.
Bahnoperator, alongside with their partners, continues to operate and manage European sections of these transit services—covering markets like in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany, Italy and other by the request from the market.
Company profile and network reach
Founded in Germany in 2018, Bahnoperator offers over 72 regular train links between Europe and China or CIS countries, handling cargo such as electronics, white goods, automotive components and e-commerce freight. With a growing fleet of locomotives and partners across several EU countries, the group has extended operations in Europe, providing intermodal and direct rail services include even a standard forwarding services for customers.
Bahnoperator Czech s.r.o. adds a dedicated foothold in Prague for managing and expanding the company’s intermodal options on the Eurasian, CIS legs by the offered services. It wants to bring a fresh air into the marked and move service for the customers up and build a new a long-term relationship.
As Mr. Martin Gráca, CEO, said: “We are here to support the current and the new partners by our service and prepare for them a solution fit to body and we will be always oriented to the customers with a close customer professional service, because our customers are the most important piece of the whole and workable service with us.”
