IRJ at InnoTrans 2024: RS Lease, Slovakia, has signed a framework deal with Siemens Mobility for up to 65 Vectron electric locomotives.
Siemens will initially supply 30 Vectron Multi-System (MS) locomotives with an option to supply another 35 MS or dual mode versions. The Vectron units have a maximum output of 6.4MW and a top speed of 200km/h.
This is RS Lease’s third contract with Siemens for Vectron locomotive since 2017 and the company currently operates 90 locomotives.
“In 2017, we decided to enter into a strategic collaboration with Siemens in the field of locomotives,” says Mr Tibor Cunderlik, CEO of RS Lease. “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.”
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