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Alstom will supply Polo Mercitalia with another 20 Traxx electric locomotives
They will be added to the 40 already delivered
September 20, 2022
'To make rail transport more and more sustainable and efficient - explained the CEO of Mercitalia Logistics, Gianpiero Strisciuglio - is fundamental renew our fleet of locomotives and wagons. Within ten years we have planned to purchase 3,500 wagons and more than 300 new generation locomotives, with lower environmental impact electric and hybrid, including these 20. These are locomotives very innovative because they can be equipped for make the last railway mile, penetrating directly, with a rapid change of power supply, in non-electrified areas such as inland terminals and ports, directly connecting the rail transport by other means'.
All Traxx DC3 locomotives designed for the Italian market will be produced at alstom's headquarters in Vado Ligure.
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