Great visions fit together – we are proud to begin 2024 with the first steps of our cooperation with FlixTrain. A partnership in which we jointly expand and sustainably strengthen European passenger transport!

Before handing out their first Vectron to FlixTrain, we have to make it even more beautiful. With many thanks to our colleagues from Loc & More and LOCMASTA for their great work!

It has become a tradition that our client, LTE logistics & transport, gives us a Christmas tree. On Tuesday, it was time: The CEO of LTE, Mr. Mandl, and the LTE CFO, Mr. Benda, personally delivered it. Adorned beautifully, the tree brings the Christmas spirit to our office spaces.

Merry Christmas – Frohe Weihnachten – Příjemné prožití vánočních svátků – Veselé vianoce – Wesołych Świąt – Boldog Karácsonyt

• Initial fixed call for 60 locomotives
• Delivery beginning in 2025

European Locomotive Leasing Group (ELL), based in Vienna and Munich, and Siemens Mobility signed a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 200 further Vectron locomotives. Specifically, the locomotives will be provided in various power system variants for use in both passenger and freight service. Sixty locomotives were initially ordered and will be delivered successively beginning in 2025. This fourth framework agreement between ELL and Siemens Mobility further reinforces the long-standing and strong partnership between the two companies. By 2027, ELL will have at least 301 Siemens Vectron locomotives in service and thus operate Europe’s largest Vectron fleet. Over the medium term, the new agreement offers ELL the possibility of increasing its Vectron fleet to over 400 locomotives.

“For ELL, this agreement is a milestone in the company’s development. Our goal is to expand our market leadership in the areas of customer friendliness, reliability, and efficiency. We are convinced of the future of rail. Superior climate friendliness and cost-efficiency on the long international rail axes as well as the structural change in rail freight transport make the full-service leasing of locomotives a highly attractive business for the future. ELL is pursuing a consistent zero-emissions strategy. Our most important assets are our focused fleet policy and a comprehensive service network at more than 30 locations throughout Europe. The development partnership with Siemens and the concentration on a standardized locomotive type are an important building block for us to successfully prevail in this market,” said Christian Kern, CEO European Locomotive Leasing Group.

“For many years now, ELL has been relying on the quality and reliability of our Vectron locomotives. This new framework agreement makes a further contribution to climate protection and again underscores the advantages offered by our locomotive platform. With the Vectron, ELL can react flexibly to customer requirements and offer different configurations for providing cross-border transport throughout Europe,” said Albrecht Neumann, CEO Rolling Stock at Siemens Mobility.

The agreement in detail

In the framework agreement, ELL secures the procurement of a wide range of multi-system locomotives, including the Vectron Dual Mode. By ordering optional packages, ELL can precisely equip the locomotives to meet specific requirements and applications, and for service in special areas. It was also agreed that Siemens Mobility will actively support ELL in further strengthening its competence regarding vehicle operation, maintenance, and servicing.

The Vectron as a success factor

Since its first delivery in 2012, more than 2,200 locomotives from the Vectron family have been sold to 95 customers and the fleet has covered a total of over 850 million kilometers. The locomotives are currently approved for operation in 20 European countries. The Vectron and its variously equipped variants are built in the Siemens Mobility plant in Munich-Allach.

Photo Credits: © ELL-Markus Schieder

Since 2014, we have been working together with RTB CARGO and are moving across borders in freight transport ranging from Eastern Europe to all major North Sea ports. RTB has been a customer from the very beginning, and now we are securing future growth together with a long-term framework agreement to consolidate further cooperation. RTB CARGO has already called up the first locomotive from the framework agreement and will rent another Vectron MS in the summer of 2024. This will then be the 12^th ELL locomotive in RTB Cargo’s state-of-the-art fleet.

The CEO of ELL, Christian Kern, is delighted with this cooperation: “This is an important step and the deepening of an excellent partnership. Our goal is to support our customers’ strategy with a reliable and flexible locomotive portfolio. We have already shown that the cooperation with RTB works excellently – further expansion is the logical consequence.”

Comment Thilo Beuven / RTB: “We are very pleased that we have been able to agree on a further growth path together with ELL. The state-of-the-art fleet and the excellent availability, which the ELL team ensures with great commitment, are a perfect fit for RTB CARGO.”

Photo © Matej Pleško