27.09.07
Angel trains purchases 60 Bombardier traxx locomotives for operation in continental Europe
Pan-European train leasing company, Angel Trains, has placed an order for 60 Bombardier Traxx locomotives for cross-border operations. The firm order and options, including a combination of TRAXX AC, DC and MS locomotives, is worth approximately 225 million euros. The new electric locomotives will run in cross-border traffic on different European routes, including the new corridors between Austria and Hungary, as well as between Sweden and Norway.
Tim Jackson, International Director, Angel Trains said:
“This significant new order will enable us to support the development of some core clients to whom we already lease diesel and electric traction and to extend our geographic reach into new territories or operators. The flexibility and quality of the Traxx product match well with our own aspirations as a committed, entrepreneurial and professional partner of Europe’s rail freight sector.”
Angel Trains already has a total of 100 TRAXX family locomotives, which its specialist leasing subsidiary, Angel Trains Cargo, has placed across Europe with a variety of rail freight operators. Including this latest order, the portfolio of Traxx locomotives purchased by Angel Trains now amounts to 160 locomotives, comprising seventy AC locomotives (known in their core German market as the BR 145/185 series), twenty DC locomotives (known in their Italian market as the E 483) and seventy four-voltage multi-system locomotives, equipped for key European freight corridors between Germany, Poland, Benelux and Italy.
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