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- Alpha Group News
- 11. April 2016
- Alpha Trains Press Releases | Alpha Trains
Alpha Trains announces the acquisition of 6 Siemens Vectron Locomotives.
Alpha Trains announces the acquisition of 6 Siemens Vectron Locomotives
Luxembourg, 12th April 2016 - Alpha Trains Luxembourg S.á r.l. acquired 6 Vectron Locomotives with the option of an additional 4 assets from Siemens to be delivered beginning of 2017. The assets are being leased to TX Logistik AG Germany, together with a full service maintenance contract which is handled by Siemens. All locomotives are certified to operate in Germany, Austria and Italy and are equipped with all country specific signaling systems including ETCS.
“We are very pleased to extend our long lasting and successful relationship with both,
TX Logistik and Siemens, through this transaction.” said Shaun Mills, CEO of Alpha Trains Group.
"We are delighted that the purchase of the Siemens Vectron locomotives will give us an even more diversified locomotive portfolio. The purchase reflects Alpha Trains" trust in the Vectron platform. Furthermore, we are confident that the full service arrangements with Siemens will provide our customer TX Logistik with optimal service support during the lease," said Fernando Pérez, Managing Director of Alpha Trains Locomotives Division.
"With the Vectron, we are crossing technical and geographic borders. The locomotive"s interoperability offers the flexibility that we need on the north-south corridors. Differing train control systems, voltages and requirements along the rail routes don"t affect our operations: With the Vectron we can easily bring company goods to their destinations in Europe," explained Gero Sieberger, head of operations at TX Logistik.
"With this order from Alpha Trains, we succeeded in acquiring another new customer for our Vectron platform. We were not only able to convince the customer with our vehicles, but also with our customized full service package," added Sabrina Soussan, CEO of Siemens" business with high-speed/regional trains and locomotives.
TX LOGISTIK was founded in 1999 as a private rail transport company and operates an extensive European network. With around 500 employees, the company generated revenue of over €250 million in 2014. TX Logistik has been a fully owned subsidiary of Trenitalia, itself a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato, since March 2011. Further information is available at: www.TX Logistik.eu.