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Following another one tender for the supply of new locomotives, which was announced last September, ČD Cargo again selected the TRAXX MS3 locomotives from Bombardier Transportation.
On 17 March 2021, RAILPOOL and ENNA Transport have signed a long-term agreement for leasing of three TRAXX locomotives including their full-service maintenance.
More than ten years ago, a RAILPOOL locomotive hauled a block train for METRANS for the first time, travelling the approximately 1,100 km long route between Praha-Uhříněves and Rotterdam.
Following conditions of test operation in the Czech Republic being fulfilled, remaining TRAXX MS3 locomotives ordered so far by Czech operators can be delivered, as they can use them at least within the country.
On 22 February, RAILPOOL and KONČAR Električna vozila have signed a maintenance agreement effective 2 February 2021 for the maintenance of TRAXX locomotives.
Conditions given by Drážní úřad for test operation of the very first TRAXX MS3 locomotives in revenue service, 388.001 and 002, were fulfilled recently.
Starting on 18 January 2021, the Belgian railway Infrastructure manager Infrabel is running tests with the purpose to carry out interference current measurements in order to check the compatibility of the new TCM100 track circuits with already homologated rolling stock.
On 21 January 2021, Bombardier Transportation and GTS Rail signed a contract for three more Class E.494 TRAXX DC3 locomotives.
On 23 December 2020, RJ put in service for the first time one of its two Class 388.2 locomotives.
On 18 December 2020, RegioJet took over from Bombardier in Kassel the first two TRAXX MS 3 locomotives, 388.201 and 202.
On 17 December 2020, MEDWAY Italia took over two new TRAXX DC3 locomotives E.494.231 and E.494.232 at Bombardier’s factory Vado Ligure.
On 18 December 2020, Bombardier Transportation and Railpool have announced the signature of a contract for an ETCS OBU from Baseline 2 to Baseline 3 upgrade for 73 of Railpool’s TRAXX MS2 locomotives.
On 7 December 2020, Railpool announced that at the turn of 2020/21 TX Logistik will raise the number of TRAXXes used in Switzerland to nine.
Bombardier Transportation announced that its Transnet locomotive fleet in South Africa has successfully completed ten million km in service since operations began in December 2017.
On 2 December 2020, Bombardier Transportation handed over the 200th TRAXX locomotive to Railpool.