The contract also includes an option for 20 additional locomotives.
The multisystem locomotives, which have a maximum output of 6.4MW and are equipped with ETCS and national train control systems, are intended for service on the Rhine - Alpine Corridor and are designed to operate in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands.
The locomotives will be built at Siemens’ factory in Allach, Munich. Deliveries will take place between the end of 2019 and mid-2020, in time for the opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT) in Switzerland in December 2020.
SBB Cargo has also signed a long-term full-service agreement with Siemens, which will provide fleet maintenance support along the Rhine - Alpine Corridor.
“With the expansion of our Vectron fleet, we are almost completely replacing our old Re 620 and Re 420 fleet, which was designed exclusively for service in Switzerland, and are focusing on an efficient, state-of-the-art multisystem locomotive fleet that will be an important building block for us in view of the opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel in late 2020,” says SBB Cargo CEO, Mr Sven Flore.
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