Jan 31 2017

Renting instead of buying

Traffic growth, intense competition and the new rail route through the Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland call for new multisystem locomotives for international, transalpine rail freight services.

SBB Cargo International's solution is to rent 18 Siemens Vectron multisystem locomotives for 15 years. The Swiss rail service provider has been using similar locomotives in the domestic German market for some time now. Read more

Source: ITJ