SBB Cargo enlarges locomotive fleet to push freight expansion
Swiss rail freight operator SBB Cargo international has ordered 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The operator placed the order in collaboration with German finance group SüdLeasing and is part of a planned expansion...Read more
New Vectron locomotive arrives in Czech Republic
Czech rail operator České Dráhy (ČD) has received the first of ten new Vectron locomotives from Slovak leasing company RSL. The locomotive is part of a framework agreement with RSL for the full-service leasing of...Read more
TX Logistiks receives 2 more Vectron locomotives
TX Logistiks has leased two newly designed Vectron multi-system locomotives. With this, the 399th and the 400th Alpha Trains locomotives are now on track, of which 14 in total are in use by the German...Read more
DB Cargo upgrades fleet with dual-mode locomotives
400 Vectron Dual Mode locomotives will be added to DB Cargo’s fleet in the coming years. The vehicles are able to run on both electrified and non-electrified lines. With their help, the German rail freight...Read more
Finland tests longer freight trains to intensify Russian transit
Finnish rail freight company VR Transpoint have successfully tested operation with a 830-metre-long train. It is a record figure for the railway between Vainikkala, an important junction close to the Russian border, and the Port...Read more
PKP Cargo got 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives
Siemens Mobility has delivered two Vectron multisystem locomotives to PKP Cargo. Thus, the German manufacturer finalised the 20-vehicle order of the Polish rail freight operator. The multisystem locomotives help PKP Cargo strengthening its presence on...Read more
Metrans receives first new Vectron locomotive
Rail freight operator Metrans received the first Vectron multi-system locomotive at its container terminal in Prague on Monday 11 November. The vehicle is part of an order consisting of ten such units, The remaining fleet...Read more
First orders for Smartron freight locomotives in Bulgaria and Romania
Siemens Mobility has concluded the first orders to supply Smartron electric locomotives to Bulgaria and Romania. The Romanian logistics company E-P Rail purchased four vehicles of this type while its Bulgarian counterpart PIMK Rail booked...Read more
PKP Cargo improves rail service on Baltic-Adriatic corridor
Czech freight operator Advanced World Transport (AWT), a subsidiary of PKP Cargo, has delivered a batch of cars from Czechia to the Slovenian port of Koper. The operation was provided with one Vectron multisystem locomotive...Read more
Rail Cargo Group strengthens multisystem fleet
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has called on an option from the 2017 deal for supplying 61 Vectron multisystem locomotives. The vehicles will be operated by Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the rail freight division of ÖBB....Read more
New order for Smartron freight locomotives
Siemens Mobility has received a new order for 25 Smartron electric locomotives specially developed in accordance with the requirements of the German rail freight market. The deal was concluded with Paribus Holding, a Hamburg-based investment...Read more
Vectron Dual Mode locomotive completed
Siemens Mobility has accomplished the manufacture of the first Vectron Dual Mode locomotive. The vehicle will be capable to use both electric energy and diesel fuel. The Dual Mode locomotive was designed and developed primarily...Read more
PKP Cargo to increase multisystem fleet on Three Seas Corridor
Polish largest rail freight operator PKP Cargo has ordered five Vectron multisystem locomotives. The deal with Siemens Mobility signed on 28 January is worth around 26 million Euros. PKP Cargo will receive the first new locomotives in the...Read more
Vectron MS-locomotive enters Dutch railway
The Vectron MS-locomotive of Siemens has officially been permitted to operate on the Dutch railway network. The permission was granted by the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate after the completion of a long and extensive...Read moreNew Vectron fleet TX Logistiks complete and operative
Last week the last two of a total of ten new Vectron Multisystem locomotives were delivered to rolling stock leasing company Alpha Trains. The locomotives hit the tracks immediately for German freight operator TX Logistik,...Read more