Private freight operator Medway is investing € 93 million in the acquisition of 16 new Stadler electric locomotives and 113 Tatravagónka wagons as part of a purchase supported by the European Investment Bank.

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The signing of the contract was marked by a ceremony at the Santo Amaro dock in Lisbon on November 19, attended by the Portuguese Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos.

This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to the Railway Gazette. Medway has ordered 16 Euro6000 six-axle electric locomotives to be manufactured at Stadler Albuixech in Valencia.

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The electric locomotives are designed to carry longer and heavier freight trains in both Portugal and Spain, including cross-border traffic.

The additional traction will allow Medway to return five 5600-class electric locomotives that it has leased from Portuguese company CP since 2016, when national operator CP Carga’s freight business was privatized.

The lease expires at the end of 2023. The new locomotives are planned to be delivered between the end of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024.

According to Medway chairman Carlos Vasconcelos, the Stadler locomotives were chosen “for their tractive effort, price and technical characteristics such as durability and reliability.”

113 pieces of 80-foot container platforms will be manufactured by Tatravagónka in Slovakia for use in intermodal transport.

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