PKP Cargo buys PLN 200 million locomotives

PKP Cargo wants to open a tender on ten multisystem locomotives worth approximately PLN 200 million. The company wishes to use it to independently transport goods to Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Begium, Hungary, The Netherlands and Italian border stations.  New locomotives are planned to be put in use in 2016 and 2017. "The increase of rolling stock by new multisystem locomotives is a natural consequence of us implementing the PKP Cargo strategy. It will allow us to strenghten our position on the neighbouring markets. Our locomotives are able to drive in eight countries, in which main European transport routes cross. It is a potential that we will release."-says Adam Purwin, PKP Cargo CEO, ISB news reports. PKP Cargo is the biggest operator in Poland and the second in the European Union.