PKP Cargo to buy locomotives from Siemens

State-controlled PKP Cargo will purchase 15 multi-system locomotives from German Siemens for PLN 315 million, Puls Biznesu daily reported. According to the daily, the Polish company may order additional five vehicles valued at PLN 110 million. First delivery is scheduled for January 2016. Polish Newag could not compete with Siemens because its locomotives are able to operate only in Poland and Germany, the Siemens' vehicles may ride through many European tracks, the daily pointed out.