TRAXXes for OnTrain, Poland

On 16 December 2024, Alstom, announced signature of two contracts with OnTrain sp. z o. o. (Ltd.), of Wroclaw. The first contract, signed on 29 November, is for supply of 35 TRAXX Universal multisystem locomotives, with an option for an additional 20 ones. They will be authorised for operation in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.

Under the second contract, signed on 12 December, Alstom will supply five TRAXX3 MS locomotives, authorised for operation in the Eastern Corridor, i. e. Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Their purchase is organised by WBW2 sp. z o. o., also of Wroclaw, operating under the OnTrain brand. The locomotives  forms part of the contract awarded in November 2024, together with their maintenance during the warranty period in the scope of maintenance levels poziom 1 to poziom 3.

In total, Alstom will supply OnTrain with 40 TRAXX Universal locomotives and, with the exercise of an additional option to purchase 20 more, this will increase to 60 locomotives, making the company the largest Alstom customer for this type of locomotive in this part of Europe. Alstom's plant in Kassel will be responsible to produce the locomotives, while the bodyshells built in Wrocław. The TRAXXes will be equipped with the Onvia ETCS (formerly known as Atlas).

OnTrain is a new company whose majority shareholder is Marguerite, a pan-European infrastructure investor, while the other shareholders are Griffin Capital Partners, a private equity and real estate investor and asset management firm in Central and Eastern Europe, Germany and other selected EU countries, and WBW Invest, a Polish investment firm operating in the renewable energy, transport and logistics sectors, with extensive experience in the rail industry, particularly in the rental of rolling stock. OnTrain's strategy is to provide rail operators with modern locomotives along with maintenance services.