EUROPE: Leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe has placed a firm order for Siemens Mobility to supply 14 Vectron Multi System locomotives.
The 6·4 MW locos with a maximum speed of 160 km/h will be fitted with ETCS and national train control systems enabling operating in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and the Netherlands.
The order announced on August 19 has been placed within an existing framework agreement and will take MRCE’s Vectron fleet to 147 locos.
‘We believe that Vectron will be the solution in the long run for meeting future cross-border needs in the European market, and we intend to steadily increase our Vectron fleet as a main asset in our portfolio’, said MRCE CEO Hayato Yanagisawa.
