EUROPEAN locomotive leasing company Railpool has signed full-service rental contract agreement with RegioRail for seven Alstom Traxx Universal multi-system locomotives.
The agreement includes an option for an additional four locomotives and is Railpool’s first contract to provide electric locomotives to a French operator.
Freight operator RegioRail says the agreement will support its ambitions to expand its service offering in Europe. RegioRail is part of Eurorail International, which is majority-owned by Railway Development Corporation (RDC), United States.
Railpool signed a €260m contract with Alstom for the supply of 50 Traxx Universal multi-system locomotives in July 2023. These electric locomotives were not certified for operation in France at the time of the contract award.
“The full-service rental of interoperable electric locomotives with a last-mile engine is in line with our strategy,” says Eurorail and RegioRail CEO, Mr Brice Devinoy. “The bi-modal capability is also worthwhile for RegioRail’s domestic traffic, offering energy efficiency and CO2 emission savings for the sake of our customer’s decarbonisation efforts.”
For detailed data on European locomotive orders, subscribe to IRJ Pro.
