Regiorail and RAILPOOL signed a full-service rental contract for seven Alstom Traxx Universal Last Mile locomotives.

Paris, 26 November 2024 – RAILPOOL, one of Europe’s leading rail vehicle leasing companies for electric locomotives, and Regiorail, the #5 railway undertaking in terms of rail freight market share in France signed an agreement for the long-term rental of three Alstom Traxx Universal locomotives with last mile support engine. The agreement is supplemented with an option for additional four locomotives.

Frédérique Erlichman, Director RAILPOOL France says: “We are looking forward to our new partnership with Regiorail, supporting their internationalization by providing powerful modern multi-system locomotives. The new rolling-stock will allow Regiorail to operate new traffic whilst contributing to the economical balance of freight transport. RAILPOOL’s proven full-service offering will secure highest availability. With this success, Railpool has become a new player in
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Brice Devinoy, CEO of Eurorail/Regiorail says: “As we are aiming to expand our services in Europe, the full-service rental of interoperable electric locomotives with last mile engine is just in line with our strategy. The bi-modal capability is also worthwhile for various domestic Regiorail traffic, offering energy efficiency and CO2 emission savings for the sake of our customer’s decarbonizing effort. We chose RAILPOOL because of their technical expertise, their ability to provide spare parts directly from their own comprehensive stock and their service quality commitments. This in combination with RAILPOOL’s flexibility in the contract design and the company’s European setup convinced us to work with them.”

About RAILPOOL

RAILPOOL is one of the leading rail vehicle rental companies with genuine expertise in full service from a single source. The company was founded in Munich in 2008 and is now active in 19 European countries.

With more than 600 electric and hybrid locomotives and 148 passenger vehicles (with an investment of 2.6 billion euros), RAILPOOL is one of the largest providers in Europe. The RAILPOOL fleet covers 85,000,000 kilometers every year and makes an important contribution to the modal shift to rail. RAILPOOL has six workshops of its own and a warehouse with more than 4,500 different spare parts and components.

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