PKP Cargo to buy locomotives for PLN 200 mln

Poland's largest railway freight operator PKP Cargo wants to open a tender for ten multisystem locomotives worth approximately PLN 200 million. The company wishes to use it to independently transport goods to Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Belgium, 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 strengthen our position on the neighboring markets. Our locomotives are able to operate in eight countries, in which main European transport routes cross. It is a potential that we will release," said Adam Purwin, PKP Cargo CEO. PKP Cargo is the biggest operator in Poland and the second in the European Union.