Leasing company Alpha Trains has signed an agreement with engineering company Alstom for the full maintenance of up to 20 Traxx locomotives at its depots in Italy for eight years.
On October 20, RAILPOOL and Vossloh Rolling Stock in Kiel, Germany, signed several agreements for the supply of 45 Modula hybrid locomotives (in two variations that are certified for the German and Dutch markets, among others) with an option to expand the order by 142 traction units.
Northern Mining and Processing Plant has received a new 2TE10M two-section mainline diesel locomotive after a major overhaul at the Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant (Latvia, DLRR).
In early October, Czech Railways received two Siemens Vectron locomotives (193.576, 193.577) from the leasing company RSL. The operator’s fleet now includes 35 of these electric locomotives, with 39 by the end of the year and 22 more expected to be delivered next year.
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Dniprovagonmash, a member of the TAS financial and industrial group, has shipped the first MultiBOX modular structures intended for use on EU railways as part of the TransANT innovation project.
Polish railway operator LOTOS Kolej plans to lease 31 electric locomotives for a period of one to four years. The rolling stock can be new or used four- or six-axle with or without an access module.
Romanian operator Global Rail Solutions SRL, which provides grain transportation services by rail in Eastern and Central Europe, has received 78 Tagnpps 95 cubic meter grain hoppers from leasing company GATX Rail Europe (American corporation GATX).
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At the end of September, Ukrzaliznytsia and the development company DAI Global* signed a memorandum on the implementation of the international technical assistance project “Economic Support for Ukraine”, which provides for the development of Ukrainian grain exports by rail.