RAILPOOL orders 50 Alstom Traxx Universal locos

[Snow1964]

RAILPOOL has placed an order with Alstom for 50 Traxx locomotives, The locomotives will cover operations in eight countries, namely Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and Poland.
Contract valued at €260m which is €5.2m per loco

24 July 2023 – Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, and RAILPOOL, one of Europe’s leading rail vehicle leasing companies, have signed a contract for 50 Traxx Universal multi-purpose locomotives. The contract is valued at up to 260 million euro.

The Traxx Universal multi-purpose locomotives can be operated for freight and passenger corridor services. Characterised by both high reliability and flexibility in combination with an optimised power consumption, the locomotives are a proven solution for efficient cross-border operations. Extended maintenance intervals allow for less interventions to ease operational planning, reduce costs and increase availability. The locomotives will cover operations in eight countries, namely Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and Poland.
The engineering of the locomotives will be done at the Alstom site in Mannheim, Germany, while final assembly is planned to take place in Kassel, Germany. Other sites involved are Wroclaw, Poland (carbody shell production), Siegen, Germany (bogies production), and Zurich, Switzerland (project management).

Alstom and RAILPOOL sign a contract for 50 Traxx Universal locomotives

This new order contributes to the expansion of RAILPOOL’s footprint in Europe and in France in particular

www.alstom.com

 

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RAILPOOL has placed an order with Alstom for 50 Traxx locomotives, The locomotives will cover operations in eight countries, namely Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and Poland.
Contract valued at €260m which is €5.2m per loco

Alstom and RAILPOOL sign a contract for 50 Traxx Universal locomotives

This new order contributes to the expansion of RAILPOOL’s footprint in Europe and in France in particular

www.alstom.com

Interesting to see the leasing companies ordering TRAXX again after the debacle with the TRAXX3 under Bombardier saw Siemens pretty much clean up the market.

The TRAXX3 issues seems to have been primarily software related, particularly the Bombardier ETCS kit. Alstom has - rightly - now bitten the bullet and has two of the TRAXX Universal (what was TRAXX3 MS) test locos at Velim for testing of newly fitted Alstom Atlas ETCS. Atlas is well regarded, so that is presumably what has given the leasing companies confidence to place orders.

 

[Austriantrain]

Interesting to see the leasing companies ordering TRAXX again after the debacle with the TRAXX3 under Bombardier saw Siemens pretty much clean up the market.

The TRAXX3 issues seems to have been primarily software related, particularly the Bombardier ETCS kit. Alstom has - rightly - now bitten the bullet and has two of the TRAXX Universal (what was TRAXX3 MS) test locos at Velim for testing of newly fitted Alstom Atlas ETCS. Atlas is well regarded, so that is presumably what has given the leasing companies confidence to place orders.

And Alstom made the right choice - they have a good loco with approval (or approvable) in basically all of Europe, with just a software issue to iron out.

Also good for the market if Siemens has competition again.