České dráhy Took over Two More Vectrons, Planning to Expand Its Operation Activities to Poland

10. 10. 2023 - 10:11

Last week, České dráhy took over two more Siemens Vectron locomotives (193.576, 193.577) from the RSL leasing company and put them into operation. By the end of the year, RSL will provide still four more locomotives of the same type for České dráhy, and in 2024, there will be a delivery of another 22 Siemens Vectron locomotives.

The carrier now has 35 Siemens Vectron locomotives at its disposal. By the end of the year, this number will increase to 39 locomotives. The RSL leasing company will provide a total of 50 locomotives for ČD by the end of 2024. At the same time, another 50 Siemens Vectron locomotives for a speed of 230 km/h have been ordered by this carrier from the Siemens Mobility company. These locomotives will be ready for operation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Germany and Denmark. They will also provide traction for the new ComfortJet express trains.

ČD put two more Siemens Vectron locomotives into operation. Source: ČD Archive.

In the 2024 timetable, České dráhy will deploy the Siemens Vectron locomotives at its current outputs and will also expand its operation activities on connections to Poland, where they will carry more train connections to Warsaw, including the Báthory train set from Budapest to Warsaw, to Slovakia it will newly provide services to Žilina and will also serve more trains between Prague and Bohumín. They will continue to provide traction for such services as Berliner from Prague to Germany, Metropolitan from Prague to Budapest, Western Express from Prague to Cheb and the Krušnohor trains from Cheb to Ústí nad Labem. A traditional Vectron output is already represented by the Slovácký express trains between Prague and Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště.

From the beginning of the 2024 timetable, Siemens Vectron locomotives in the service of České dráhy will cover more than 32,000 kilometers every day on lines in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.

The Siemens Vectron locomotives are modern multi-system (3 kV DC, 25 kV 50 Hz AC, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC) machines equipped with modern communication and train control technology, including the ETCS train control system and GSM-R radio station equipment. The maximum speed of the locomotives is 200 km/h and they have a power output of up to 6,400 kW.

Author: Tiskové oddělení Českých drah

Release date: 10. 10. 2023

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