{"id":159596,"date":"2024-12-19T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=58648"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:02:59","slug":"ltg-cargo-invests-in-locomotives-ahead-of-vilnius-klaipeda-route-electrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=159596","title":{"rendered":"LTG Cargo invests in locomotives ahead of Vilnius-Klaipeda route electrification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LTG Cargo has purchased 17 electric locomotives from manufacturer Stadler Valencia. The Lithuanian operator started investing in modern and emission-free rolling stock in anticipation of the country\u2019s full network electrification. The new locomotives are expected to be delivered in 2027.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-58648\"><\/span>The deal with Stadler Valencia is worth 115.66 million euros. LTG Cargo underlined that the Spanish manufacturer will provide spare parts, maintenance and support services for the first 3 years of operation. Additionally, the contract includes the possibility of extending the agreement to deliver a second batch of 17 locomotives on top of the initial delivery.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/intermodal\/2024\/12\/11\/ltg-cargo-buys-200-new-gondola-wagons\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LTG-Cargo-electric-locomotives-128x128.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/intermodal\/2024\/12\/11\/ltg-cargo-buys-200-new-gondola-wagons\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">LTG Cargo buys 200 new gondola wagons<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\nThe Lithuanian operator aims to use the new locomotives on the critical Vilnius-Klaipeda route. \u201cThe purchase of electric locomotives is an important step not only in the railway electrification programme of the LTG Group. It marks the start of a new era of more sustainable and reliable rail freight transport. The new electric locomotives will transport freight between Vilnius and Klaip\u0117da &#8211; a corridor that carries half of all rail freight in Lithuania every year,\u201d stressed Egl\u0117 \u0160im\u0117, CEO of LTG Cargo.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/policy\/2024\/08\/07\/ltg-cargo-to-change-wagon-operating-model-one-more-step-away-from-russia\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LTG-Cargo-train-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/policy\/2024\/08\/07\/ltg-cargo-to-change-wagon-operating-model-one-more-step-away-from-russia\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">LTG Cargo to change wagon operating model, one more step away from Russia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTG Cargo has purchased 17 electric locomotives from manufacturer Stadler Valencia. The Lithuanian operator started investing in modern and emission-free rolling stock in anticipation of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10386,3618,1748,2833,47,180,14818,1966],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-159596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-locomotives","category-klaipeda","category-lithuania","category-ltg-cargo","category-rail-news","category-rolling-stock","category-stadler-rail-valencia","category-vilnius","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159598,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159596\/revisions\/159598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}