Bombardier Wins Contract to Provide up to 50 TRAXX MS3 Locomotives to CD Cargo
21 August 2018 - 8:21PM
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Rail technology leader, Bombardier Transportation and CD Cargo,
the freight subsidiary of Czech Railways, have signed a purchase
agreement for up to 50 of the newest generation of BOMBARDIER TRAXX
Multi-System1 (MS) locomotives. This first call-off is for 10 TRAXX
MS3 locomotives.
Ivan Bednárik, Chairman of the Board of Directors, CD Cargo,
said, “The new TRAXX MS3 locomotive will be the most modern in our
fleet. Its powerful traction and cost-effective long-distance
performance will support our international business strategy and be
fully interoperable in both the domestic market and neighbouring
countries.”
“We are proud of the trust and confidence that our new customer
CD Cargo has placed in our innovative TRAXX MS3 locomotive”, said
Michael Fohrer, President, Region Central & Eastern Europe,
Russia, Israel, CIS and China, Bombardier Transportation. “With
this success in the Czech Republic, the order marks the entry of
our new locomotive platform in the Central, Eastern and South
Eastern European market. Once again, the TRAXX locomotive
platform's excellence and its track record of over 2,250 units sold
has convinced another important customer.”
The TRAXX MS3 locomotive is the only multi-system locomotive on
the market with the Last Mile function that enables it to easily
bridge non-electrified track sections found in ports or freight
terminals. The vehicle addresses customers’ need for improved
profitability, increased flexibility as well as for more reliable
performance and availability throughout the locomotive’s entire
lifecycle. This new multi-system locomotive will be equipped with
the latest version of the European Train Control System, Baseline
3, ensuring seamless operation from day one.
With this new order, 54 modern, interoperable TRAXX multi-system
locomotives have been ordered by Czech customers. CD Cargo’s first
ten locomotives will be used for freight and passenger transport in
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary
while extending the fleet’s operability to Slovenia and Croatia.
The locomotives will be assembled at Bombardier’s site in Kassel,
Germany, with the carbodies coming from Wroclaw, Poland and the
bogies produced in Siegen, Germany.
Bombardier is the second largest rolling stock manufacturing
company in Czech Republic. It has more than 1,000 employees in its
Ceska Lipa manufacturing site, which is key supplier of welded
components for Bombardier’s regional and commuter trains, trams and
metros. Bombardier’s products support rail and urban transport in
Czech Republic every day. More than 40 TRAXX locomotives are in
operation for several operators for whom Bombardier also provides
service and maintenance. Moreover, Prague Metro Line A and B are
equipped with BOMBARDIER CITYFLO 350 mass transit train control
solution.
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________________________1 A Multi-System locomotive is an
electric locomotive able to operate on more than one railway
electrification system – useful, for example, when crossing
borders.
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