Alstom and Polish leasing company OnTrain have signed two contracts for the supply of Traxx Universal multi-system electric locomotives.
The first contract, signed on 29 November, is for Alstom to supply 35 third-generation Traxx Universal multisystem locomotives, with an option for OnTrain to purchase an additional 20 vehicles. The rolling stock covered by this contract will be authorised for operation in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.
Under the second contract, signed on 12 December, Alstom will supply five third-generation Traxx Universal multisystem locomotives, authorised for operation in the Eastern Corridor, i.e. Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The purchase of the above-mentioned locomotives by WBW2 sp. z o.o., operating under the OnTrain brand, will be carried out within the framework of the contract awarded in November 2024 for the supply of 5 units of brand new zero-emission electric multisystem locomotives together with their maintenance during the warranty period in the scope of maintenance levels: p1 to p3.
Alstom to supply OnTrain with 40 Traxx locomotives
In total, Alstom will supply OnTrain with 40 third-generation Traxx Universal multi-system locomotives and, with the exercise of an additional option to purchase 20 locomotives, this will increase to 60 locomotives, making OnTrain the largest Alstom customer for this type of locomotive in this part of Europe.
Alongside the locomotive supply agreements, Alstom and OnTrain have signed contracts for preventive maintenance of the purchased rolling stock during the warranty period.
Alstom’s plant in Kassel, Germany, will be responsible to produce the rolling stock, while the bodies will be built at the Alstom site in Wrocław. The vehicles will be equipped with the Onvia signalling system (formerly known as Atlas), Alstom’s market-leading on-board solution for European Train Control System (ETCS), covering the largest number of countries and subsystems.
“We are delighted with the contract with OnTrain, a new player in the market, has chosen our locomotives as the foundation of the vehicle fleet it is creating to serve transport needs in Poland and the region,” stated Beata Rusinowicz, Managing Director of Alstom in Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States.
“We are seeing increasing interest in leasing modern locomotives. Poland is investing and will continue to invest huge resources in the coming years in the modernisation and construction of rail transport corridors. This will be further enhanced by the continuing dynamic development of intermodal transport. Poland’s growing economic position, however, is not matched by statistics on the age and efficiency of the rolling stock used by hauliers. We have a lot of catching up to do here. Given these circumstances, we believe that the demand for the hire of modern locomotives will accelerate, thus making OnTrain an attractive partner for hauliers. The purchase of Traxx 3 multi-system locomotives is part of our strategy to offer our customers locomotives that meet the highest expectations and will contribute to the positive environmental impact of rail transport. This is possible thanks to the involvement of investors Marguerite, Griffin Capital Partners and WBW Invest,” added Piotr Ignasiak CEO of OnTrain.
OnTrain is a new company whose majority shareholder is Marguerite, a pan-European infrastructure investor, while the other shareholders are Griffin Capital Partners, a private equity and real estate investor and asset management firm in Central and Eastern Europe, Germany and other selected EU countries, and WBW Invest, a Polish investment firm operating in the renewable energy, transport and logistics sectors, with extensive experience in the rail industry, particularly in the rental of rolling stock. OnTrain’s strategy is to provide rail operators with modern locomotives along with maintenance services.
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