The railway company Captrain Italia of the French SNCF group has entered into an agreement with the German leasing company Railpool rail vehicles under which Captrain will relinquish Munich-based company has its own fleet of 13 locomotives Alstom Traxx DC3 with Last Mile module that Railpool will rent to Captrain through a long-term contract.

Captrain has specified that this agreement will allow the company to consolidate its fleet strategy, being able to benefit from a comprehensive full-service maintenance agreement by Railpool since these 13 locomotives are They will be added to the 19 units already rented from Railpool to Captrain, eight of which will be delivered from from the second half of 2024. At full capacity, therefore, Captrain It will have a total homogeneous fleet of 32 locomotives managed by Railpool.

Captrain Italia, which is part of the Captrain transport network rail freight in the European continent, provides rail services on the main traffic routes with a widespread network in the Central and Northern Italy, operating at all border points with France, Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria.

Railpool, with a fleet of more than 600 electric locomotives and 148 passenger carriages, is one of the leading charterers in the European market for rail vehicles.