Siemens Mobility has signed a framework agreement with Railpool to supply up to 250 locomotives, with Railpool immediately following up the signing by placing an order for 70 Vectron locomotives.

The framework agreement includes a variety of Vectron types that can operate in up to 16 countries and on both north-south and east-west European rail corridors.

The initial call-off from the framework agreement for 24 multi-system locomotives for use on AC and DC networks, and 46 locomotives for AC networks.

This order will take Railpool’s Vectron fleet to a current total of 228 locomotives.

The Siemens Mobility locomotives to be supplied to Railpool have an output of 6.4 megawatts and a maximum speed of up to 230 km/h depending on the variant.

All will be equipped with the appropriate national train protection systems as well as the European Train Control System (ETCS).

With this initial call-off of 70 locomotives, Siemens Mobility will have sold over 2,400 Vectron locomotives to 96 customers in 16 countries. Vectron-platform locomotives have the approval to operate in 20 European countries, and to date, Vectron locomotives have travelled more than 900 million kilometres.

Within the last year, Siemens Mobility has secured orders for Vectron locomotives from European Locomotive Leasing and Beacon Rail.

Torsten Lehnert, CEO of Railpool, said “The recent expansion of our modern fleet is taking place with a forward-looking focus on maximum operational flexibility for our customers. In addition to the multisystem locomotives for east-west traffic, we are adding further AC locomotives to our range, primarily for the Scandinavian corridor and the DACH region. Like the MS locomotives, the AC locomotives are also perfectly equipped for the upcoming ETCS expansion in Europe.”

Albrecht Neumann, Siemens Mobility’s CEO Rolling Stock, said We are especially pleased to be continuing our successful collaboration with Railpool. Follow-up orders like this show that our locomotives impress customers with their quality and outstanding operational reliability. Thanks to the Vectron’s universal usability, our customer can respond quickly and flexibly to changing market needs, and provide climate-friendly, cross-border rail transport throughout Europe.