Bombardier awarded DB Regio AG contract
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefBombardier Transportation said Monday it has signed a nine-year contract with Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Regio AG, valued at about $867 million, for 200 TRAXX diesel locomotives with game-changing multi-engine propulsion. At the same time, DB Regio has placed a formal order for the first 20 locomotives for passenger transportation. First delivery is planned for mid-2013. The order amounts to approximately $90 million.
TRAXX locomotives are designed for locomotive-hauled passenger and freight transportation throughout Europe, Bombardier says. The use of four rugged, heavy-duty industrial diesel engines in place of a single large diesel motor provides operators with key advantages. The locomotive already fulfills the new stringent European Union Stage IIIB emissions standard, as it reduces fuel consumption, exhaust emissions, and life-cycle costs.
“The locomotives can be operated with one to four engines as needed, providing optimum power for each specific situation. The use of these 200 TRAXX multi-engine diesel locomotives will result in a massive reduction of CO2 over their life span,” said Åke Wennberg, president of Bombardier’s Locomotives and Equipment divison. “By meeting the demanding Stage IIIB emissions standards, using sustainable fuels and operating fuel-efficiently, the TRAXX DE Multi-Engine is one of the most environmentally friendly locomotives in the marketplace.”
Deutsche Bahn and its subsidiaries already own and operate a fleet of more than 680 TRAXX locomotives. “We are very pleased about the signing of the frame agreement with DB Regio AG. These locomotives will make a significant contribution to environmental sustainability for European passenger and freight transportation,” said Dr. Klaus Baur, chairman of the Management Board, Bombardier Transportation in Germany.
Final assembly of the new locomotives will take place in Kassel, Germany. The carbodies will be produced at Bombardier’s site in Wroclaw, Poland, and the bogies are to be supplied by Bombardier’s site in Siegen, Germany. Bombardier’s sites in Mannheim and Kassel, Germany and Zürich, Switzerland are responsible for product development. The propulsion & control equipment will be supplied by Bombardier’s sites in Mannheim and Hennigsdorf, Germany.
