The company was formed in 2000 as Dillen & Le Jeune Cargo and was the first private company to haul a freight train in Belgium. On that moment, both founders owned 50% of the shares. In October 2001, Hupac entered the capital of DLC before the first train was effectively hauled In April 2002, the first container train was hauled for MSC from port of Antwerp to Aachen West station by a Class 66 locomotive, and further to Schwandorf station with another Hupac-hired electric locomotive, breaking the monopoly of state ownedNMBS/SNCB. A security license to access the Dutch network was obtained at the beginning of 2003, with the first train hauled to Waalhaven on January 11. Trains to and from the Zeelandic Flanders became recurring traffic, with the Terneuzen based Bertschi container terminal as client. In October 2007, DLC merged with Swiss Babcock & Brown owned Crossrail AG. Hupac had left the capital of DLC, so the shareholding structure was dispatched between both DLC founders and Babcock & Brown for the remainder. The merged company operates as Crossrail AG, with subsidiaries in Belgium and Italy. In September 2008, the company acquired a security license to train its own drivers. Problems between both founders resulted in August 2008 in Jeroen Le Jeune leaving the company for a few months. As Babcock & Brown was facing strong difficulties after the global credit crunch, Jeroen Le Jeune came back and bought their 49% shares in August 2009, together with the shares from Ronny Dillen. In September 2009, Crossrail successfully sued Belgian rail network manager Infrabel for having given full priority to passenger traffic instead of treating all rail operators equally during a strike. As traffic grew, Le Jeune quickly faced liquidity problems and searched partners to refund the company: The first candidate was no newcomer. Hupac took a 25% participation on August 24, 2010. As of February 2012, two customers of the company — Austria based LKW Walter and Général Transport Service from Italy — acquired respectively 25% and 10% of the shares, with Le Jeune group reducing to 40%. Two other customers — Bertschi AG and MSC — each took 10% of shares from Le Jeune in July 2012. More recently, control of the company has transferred into the hands of Rhenus Group and LKW Walter. In March 2019, BLS Cargo announced its intent to buy Crossrail.
