RS Lease, a Slovakian rolling stock lessor, and Siemens Mobility have signed a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 65 Vectron locomotives. The agreement includes a fast delivery of 30 Vectron MS locomotives, with the option to purchase an additional 35 locomotives of the Vectron Multi System and Vectron Dual Mode variants.
“In 2017, we decided to enter into a strategic collaboration with Siemens in the field of locomotives. This partnership enables us to offer our customers throughout the entire Central European region the most modern and technologically advanced locomotives. Vectron locomotives contribute to the improvement of railway services and have elevated rail traffic safety to an entirely new level,” Tibor Cunderlik, CEO of RS Lease, said.
The new Vectron locomotives have a maximum output of up to 6.4 MW and can reach a top speed of up to 200 km/h. They will be a valuable addition to RS Lease’s current fleet of Vectron MS locomotives. The production of the new locomotives will take place at the Siemens Mobility factory in Munich-Allach, with the chassis being sourced from the global competence center in Graz.
Currently, RS Lease operates a modern fleet of approximately 90 Vectron MS locomotives. With this new contract, the Slovakian rolling stock lessor can increase its Vectron fleet to 155 locomotives.
For the existing fleet, a full-service maintenance agreement is in place between RS Lease and Siemens Mobility. Discussions are underway to extend this contract to cover the new vehicles.
“With their flexibly deployable Vectron fleet, RS Lease is already making an important contribution to even more attractive mobility offerings on environmentally friendly railways. Whether it’s climate-friendly logistics chains or modern passenger transport, we support RS Lease’s planned growth trajectory with additional locomotives,” Steffen Bobsien, Head of Locomotives and Coaches Siemens Mobility said.
The locomotives of RS Lease run in nine countries, on the rail networks of countries in Central, Western and Eastern Europe. The locomotive fleet made up of more than 60 units ae rented to Slovak and foreign operators including the national rail operators ZSSK and ZSSK Cargo, Czech Railways and Budamar.
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