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Country: Germany
German company, Europe's leading locomotive lessor
Fleet of 400 locomotives and 150 passenger wagons, worth €1.2 billion
100 employees
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Freight locomotives: Germany's Railpool enters the French market 29/10/2023
- 30 companies share the European locomotive rental market in continental Europe.
- A total fleet of 1,860 electric locomotives currently in circulation.
- Only 170 of these are in France, compared with 580 in Germany.
- The German company, founded in 2008 and owned by Singapore's GIC and Germany's Palladio Partners, will attempt to gain a foothold in the French market
- Akiem's 92% market share in France.
- British lessors Beacon Rail (7%) and Alpha Trains (1%) share the rest of the market.
- Opening of the freight locomotive market to private operators in France since 2006.
- 23 major Fret SNCF lines to be sold to third parties by 2024.
- Recent sale of Akiem to Canada's CDPQ.
- Railpool, Germany's leading locomotive lessor, owns a fleet of 339 locomotives (77% Alstom and 23% Siemens) and plans to increase this total to 493 machines by 2027.
- Railpool has placed an order for 160 locomotives, including 50 for the French market, thanks to a €1.1 billion financing package from Crédit Agricole CIB.
- Railpool is aiming for a 16% market share in France in the near future.
- Railpool is focusing on new machines, with an average age of 6.4 years. 39% of the French fleet are still diesel locomotives, but growth is expected in the rental of electric locomotives due to the increase in rail freight traffic.
- Railpool's services include 24-hour maintenance, insurance, and the possibility of regularly changing country or machine.
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