PKP Cargo to buy locomotives for PLN 400 mln

Rolling stock of PKP Cargo is to be twice bigger than planned. The second-biggest EU rail freight operator will buy 15 multi-system locomotives instead of 10. What is more, PKP added to the tender an option of expanding the order by 5 other vehicles. The total value of the procurement will reach PLN 400 million (approx. €96 million). The company decided to expand the procurement due to electrification in Węgliniec (Poland-Germany border), Wojciech Derda from PKP Cargo informed. Two foreign firms confirmed participation in the tender: Canadian Bombardier and German Siemens. Newag’s locomotive Griffin and Pesa’s locomotive Gama will also be offered. The new rolling stock will be deployed for cross-border transport, among others in Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria the Netherlands starting in 2016 or 2017.