Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
🇩🇪 Railpool, the leasing company, has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Mobility for the supply of up to 250 Vectron electric locomotives. Under its firm part, the German manufacturer will supply 46 Vectron AC and 24 Vectron MS multi-system locomotives.
Rendering of the Vectron electric locomotive for Railpool. Source: Siemens Mobility
🇮🇩 PT KAI, the Indonesian national operator, has ordered 54 GT38AC narrow gauge six-axle diesel locomotives from Progress Rail. The new rolling stock will increase the operator’s fleet of 91 locomotives of this series. Delivery is scheduled for 2025.
🇺🇸 The California State Transportation Agency has exercised an option for six more Stadler FLIRT H2 hydrogen trains for Caltrain, the passenger operator. The $80 mln framework agreement for up to 29 trains, with a firm part for four vehicles, was signed in October 2023.
Rendering of the Stadler FLIRT H2 for Caltrain. Source: Stadler
🇭🇷 The European Investment Bank has granted a loan to the Croatian national operator HŽPP for the purchase of 14 hybrid trains. Six of the trains will be used on a route between the capital Zagreb and the city of Split. They will be equipped with a catenary and diesel traction and have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. A further eight trains from the purchase will be powered by catenary and batteries and will be used on other routes.
🇷🇺 The TMH plant in Tver has finalised the contract for 12 passenger coaches for the Sakhalin Passenger Company, a subsidiary of Russian Railways. The operator has received the final batch of six 61-4458 and two 61-4458.14 sitting coaches with a total value of RUB 692 mln ($7.5 mln) paid by Russia’s national economic development agency VEB.RF. The first four 61-4529 and 61-4516 coaches were delivered to Sakhalin earlier this month.
