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Siemens has announced that the Austrian construction company Swietelsky has taken delivery of the first of the Vectron Dual Mode locomotives ordered and that it will also order these machines in 15 + 25 kV version in the future.

In 2024, Siemens Mobility sold over 360 Vectrons, the plan is now to produce 385 Vectrons annually to meet the growing demand for locomotives and associated services.

On 4 April 2025, Green Mobility Partners (GMP) handed over the first two Vectrons to their tenants, IDS CARGO and CT-Train.

KISS 4736 103, which was damaged in an accident at the VUZ test centre in February, left Velim on 12 March 2025.

By the end of February 2025, Vectrons from another ÖBB option were gradually put into service.

On 30 January 2025, Siemens Mobility has signed a major framework agreement for 50 Vectrons with RIVE Private Investment.

During the test runs with unit 4736 103 for ÖBB on the night of 11/12 February 2025 on the large test circle at Velim, the coupling in the connection to the VUZ measuring cars was damaged.

Siemens Mobility has received its first order for Vectrons equipped with a battery module.

In recent years, the Hungarian national operator has been trying to renew its fleet of locomotives.

With the first new timetable season, ČD and PKP Intercity launched the operation of the new international service on 878 km long Praha - Pardubice - Wrocław - Poznań - Bydgoszcz - Gdańsk - Gdynia route.

In the 2025 timetable, new services will be introduced between the Czech Republic and Poland connecting Praha and Gdynia under the name "Baltic Express".

As we described earlier, ZSSK will acquire 15 more Vectrons on lease from RSL over the next two years. The first two of these, 193 025 and 032, were taken over on 5 December 2024 and presented to the public the following day.

At the end of October, 72 ICR cars were transported from Arnhem to the Czech Republic in three consecutive shipments.

At the other end of the ComfortJet rake was locomotive 193 489, which was built this year and is another Siemens‘s test Vectron for 230 km/h.