Alstom wins order from Europe’s leading rail vehicle leasing company Railpool for 15 Traxx Locomotives.

The manufacture of the order will take place at Alstom‘s Kassel site in Germany and also at Alstom’s Vado Ligure site in Italy.

The order will also see an option for five extra units.

The new Traxx locomotives are set to be used in Norway, Sweden and Italy and with the addition of the 15 new Traxx locomotives will increase Railpool’s Traxx fleet to more than 250 locomotives.

Torsten Lehnert, CEO of Railpool, said,

“Ordering these 15 locomotives will expand our fleet of Traxx locomotives to more than 250, underlining our long-standing, close partnership with Alstom. We are also pleased to be able to offer our customers in Scandinavia and Italy additional, modern locomotives together with our proven full-service concept. All locomotives will be equipped with the proven Last Mile function, which significantly expands the range of applications for our locomotives.”

Kevin Cogo, Head of Traxx Locomotive at Alstom said:

“Railpool is one of our largest customers in the locomotive sector with whom we have a long and successful partnership. We are delighted to be able to contribute to making freight transport in Northern and Southern Europe more efficient and sustainable with these additional Traxx locomotives for the Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish markets.”

The Traxx 3 platform is Alstom’s most up-to-date platform for four-axle locomotives in Europe.

The three Traxx models are Traxx AC3, Traxx MS3 and Traxx DC3 and provide a supporting diesel engine for use in non-electrified locations with an optional Last Mile function.

More than 2,400 of the vehicles have already been sold, making the Traxx locomotives the most successful platform in Europe.