{"id":432256,"date":"2026-05-19T18:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=71242"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:23:06","slug":"railpool-deploys-alstoms-traxx-universal-locos-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=432256","title":{"rendered":"Railpool deploys Alstom\u2019s Traxx Universal locos in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The renewal of the locomotive fleet in France is going slower than in other European countries. Leasing company Railpool is working on reverting this trend with the delivery of the Alstom Traxx Universal units, which R\u00e9gioRail will use for its rail freight services.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-71242\"><\/span>The deployment of new electric locomotives has been stagnating in France. A recent study by German consultants SCI Verkehr highlighted how no new ones were delivered in the country between 2017 and 2024. \u201cBy way of comparison, 60% of electric locomotives have been delivered in Germany over the last 20 years\u201d, Railpool highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to R\u00e9gioRail, \u201cthe first freight leases have been confirmed by Captrain Germany, a subsidiary of Rail Logistics Europe\u201d (which groups all of SNCF\u2019s freight operations), Railpool added. These units are not only fit for freight trains. The locomotives will also be used by TrainCharter Services for their passenger services between Paris, Brussels and Berlin.<\/p>\n<h2>Railpool in France<\/h2>\n<p>Railpool has been strengthening its position in France over the past few years. The company \u201cobtained authorised non-RU (non-railway undertaking) applicant status from SNCF R\u00e9seau\u201d, for example. Moreover, it is cooperating with Technis, the maintenance company of the French railway group by providing maintenance for the Traxx Universal locos and supply of spare parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The renewal of the locomotive fleet in France is going slower than in other European countries. Leasing company Railpool is working on reverting this trend\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"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":[72,94,471,47,4770,12547],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-432256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-france","category-news","category-rail-news","category-railpool","category-regiorail","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432256","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=432256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432257,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432256\/revisions\/432257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=432256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=432256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=432256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}