GERMANY: Leasing company Alpha Trains has placed its first order for Stadler Euro9000 six-axle multi-system electro-diesel locomotives, supported by €15m of funding from the Federal Ministry for Digital & Transport.
The 12 locos will be built at Stadler’s Valencia factory for delivery in 2025-26.
The federal funding has been co-ordinated by NOW GmbH and implemented by Project Management Jülich.
Alpha Trains already has 121 locomotives and 162 multiple-units supplied by Stadler.
‘This new order reinforces our long-standing collaboration with Alpha Trains to offer the market locomotives that support modal shift from road to rail by increasing the competitiveness of rail freight transport with sustainable, efficient and economically profitable solutions’, said Stadler Valencia CEO Iñigo Parra when the latest order was announced on October 25.
