Rail Traction Company (RTC) and InRail have signed two orders with Siemens Mobility Srl for the total supply of six Vectron MS locomotives - multi-system version, including four for RTC and two for InRail, which will run on the central aisle European. In particular, the orders concern locomotives classified Vectron MS E193 DAI-East, i.e. capable of operate on the electrified networks of Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia. In addition, the locomotives will have the ETCS system on board to allow the circulability on the main European corridors.

The agreement will include maintenance services preventive and corrective of locomotives. Maintenance will be carried out at the centres of Verona and Udine which are part of the Siemens locomotive maintenance depot network Mobility located in the most strategic areas for the freight transport, including the Novara hub.

The locomotives are expected to be delivered from mid-2025.

"The investment in these locomotives," Martin explained Ausserdorfer, Chairman of InRail and CEO of Rail Traction Company - strives to develop interoperability. The possibility of travelling through different countries with the same means of transport is an important step that brings us closer to our strategic objective to contribute to the construction of a railway focusing in particular on the SCAN-MED Corridor through the Brenner Tunnel. Locomotives are a foundation However, further follow-up is needed regulatory steps'.