The leasing company LokRoll AG together with the infrastructure fund of Reichmuth Infrastruktur Schweiz AG ordered 18 multisystem Vectron locomotives from Siemens. The deliveries to begin in December 2017.
They will be used for cross-border operation along the Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy corridor. In addition to having national train control systems, all locomotives will also be equipped with ETCS. The locomotives will have a maximum output of 6,400 KW and a top speed of 160 km/h. LokRoll will lease the locomotives to the Swiss freight transport firm SBB Cargo International for a period of 15 years.
“With this order of locomotives, we will be expanding our services in the sector of rail freight transport and be able to more efficiently network European industry,” Michail Stahlhut, CEO of SBB Cargo International said.
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