SOUTH African private locomotive repair and leasing company, Sheltam, has announced a rebranding and the launch of new rolling stock leasing and railway infrastructure investment subsidiaries.
RAILPOOL has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply 20 Traxx MS locomotives in a deal which will increase the leasing company’s Traxx fleet to 189 units.
CZECH Railways (ČD) has confirmed it will lease 10 multi-system Siemens Vectron locomotives to modernise motive power on Prague - Berlin - Hamburg services.
LEASING company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE) has sold 32 Vossloh diesel locomotives to Dublin-based RIVE for an undisclosed sum.
LONDON-based Pamplona Capital Management has agreed to sell British rolling stock leasing company Beacon Rail Leasing to JP Morgan Asset Management for £855m, less than three years after it acquired the company.
IN what is claimed to be a world first for a rolling stock leasing company, Alpha Trains has concluded a green private placement to refinance debt associated with the acquisition of environmentally-friendly electric trains.
TX Rail Finance 4, a Dublin-based single-purpose company owned by wagon leasing company Touax Rail, has secured a €54m loan from DVB Bank and KfW Ipex to finance the acquisition of 1335 freight wagons.
ANGEL Trains announced on September 30 that it has concluded a contract with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to finance a £900m order for Bombardier EMUs, which are being procured as part of Abellio’s successful bid for Britain’s East Anglia franchise.
EUROPEAN locomotive leasing company Akiem has secured a €125m loan from HSH Nordbank, Germany, which is participating as a mandated lead arranger in providing refinancing for Akiem.
MUNICH-based leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE) has awarded Siemens a contract to supply 10 additional Vectron MS electric locomotives, taking its Vectron fleet to 66 units.