Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a full-service locomotive leasing company, has ordered 14 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from
Siemens Mobility. With this order, MRCE will have a fleet of 147 Vectrons, and plans to use the locomotives in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and the Netherlands.
Albrecht Neumann, CEO Rolling Stock at Siemens Mobility, said: “We are especially pleased that our long-standing customer MRCE is further expanding its fleet of Vectrons. MCRE’s trust in us shows that our Vectron locomotives stand for reliability and flexibility in European passenger and freight transport.”
Hayato Yanagisawa, MRCE’s CEO, added: “We believe that Vectron will be the solution in the long run for meeting future cross-border needs in the European market, and we intend to steadily increase our Vectron fleet as a main asset in our portfolio.”
The ‘multisystem’ locomotives ordered by MRCE have a maximum ‘power at wheel’ of 6.4MW and a top speed of 160kph. The locomotives will be manufactured at the Siemens Mobility plant in Munich-Allach and equipped with the European Train Control System (ETCS) as well as the required national train control systems.
Since their introduction, more than 1,500 Vectron locomotives have been sold to 62 customers in 16 countries. The Vectron fleet has covered more than 600 million kilometres in service to date and the locomotives are approved for operating in 20 European countries.