This addition is aimed at improving service flexibility and capacity in a competitive corridor.
Siemens Mobility is currently supplying České dráhy (ČD) with the first Vectron high-speed locomotives, which have a maximum operating speed of 230 km/h.
Modernization accelerates as older stock exits service. In the first half of 2025, 200 vehicles were scrapped, including 100+ “faux leather” coaches.
Half of the fixed order for 10 locomotives was delivered and deployed by two customers.
The six-axle Stadler EuroDual unit expands the operator’s existing lease fleet, continuing its approach of using dual-mode locomotives for both electrified and non-electrified freight operations.
These deliveries bring the total number of refurbished units under the program to eight out of a planned 19.
The Slovak rolling stock leasing company breaks the Siemens Vectron-only rule in its fleet.
The locomotive of Romanian railway reform authority heads to testing.
The auction announcement precedes the formal public auction, scheduled to occur in November 2025.
Polish freight operator Olavion, part of the UNIMOT Group, has taken delivery of its first multi-system Vectron locomotive.
The locomotive entered the installation phase at EMD Longport, marking the start of a broader rollout under the National Freight ETCS Programme (NFP).
Adesso Rail, a newcomer to the European railway sector, has launched its operational activities with the deployment of two Siemens Vectron A22 locomotives.
Portuguese locomotives will receive ETCS+STM solution for Convel interoperability
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) has presented additional Vectron locomotives in new visual designs.
The new units bring the company closer to its target of operating 20 locomotives of this type by 2029.
The delivery of LEMA No. 89 continues this procurement path, adding to CER Cargo’s pool of multi-system locomotives.
MILLET SAS has introduced five Vossloh DE18 locomotives equipped to operate on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
For the first time, a freight train locomotive has been converted for regular automated operation: DB Cargo has fitted the locomotive with cutting-edge technologies for Automatic Train Operation (ATO) and Remote Train Operation (RTO) at its Cologne-Gremberg depot.
Banaras Locomotive Works delivers locomotives to CFM, the national carrier in African Mozambique.
The new electric locomotive, named Nina, was officially put into operation in June 2025.