Siemens has secured an order from Alpha Trains Luxembourg to deliver six Vectron type multisystem locomotives.
The locomotives will be built at the Siemens Munich-Allach plant in Germany, and are scheduled to be delivered early next year.
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Upon delivery, the new locomotives will be directly leased to TX Logistik, a rail transport company based in Germany.
The contract also includes a full service and maintenance of the trains as well as an option to deliver four additional locomotives.
Alpha Trains Locomotives Division managing director Fernando Pérez said: "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."
The new locomotives, which will be equipped with all country-specific control systems, as well as the European Train Control System (ETCS), will be run on cross-border traffic between Germany, Austria and Italy.
TX Logistik operations head Gero Sieberger said: "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."
