PKP Cargo and Siemens signed a EUR 75 million contract on the delivery of 15 multi-system locomotives. Under the contract, Siemens will deliver Vectron locomotives from from January 2016, with the last one to be delivered in 2017.
Twelve of them will be approved for Poland, Germany, Czech, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary and the remaining three additionally for Holland.
Within the tender, Siemens competed with Polish Newag wich offered four locomotives for the Poland – Germany route operation, but the offer presented by Siemens for supply of 15 locomotives and operating equipment was more advantageous.
These locomotives are intended for PKP Cargo trains in Poland and six other states of the European Union. The contract includes an option of fixed-price purchase of another five engines, which will be decided by PKP Cargo by the end of 2017. Total price for five optional engines amounts to EUR 26 million and the purchasing decision will be made by PKP CARGO by the end of 2017.
“This is our greatest investment in rolling stock in long-time perspective and one of the largest tender procedures of such type in this part of Europe, ” Chief Executive Officer of PKP Cargo Adam Purwin said.
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