The first two electric locomotives Traxx Universal The operating arm of the logistics pole of the FS group were delivered by AldoTom at Mercitalia Rail. Are the first of one series of 70ordered in 2024 with a check from 323 million euros. They come out of the Vado Ligure factory, which is thus returning to a national rail industry often given for a steep.
Some will be equipped with Last Mile technology: a system that allows you to release from the electricity grid without having to resort to diesel. The plan serves to rejuvenate the fleet, but also to say that not everything that goes on rail is destined to remain firm in the pits.
How the Last Mile technology of the Alstom electrical locomotives works
The Traxx Universal are not simply new locomotives, but a piece of engineering that responds to the old problem with a finally concrete approach. The Last Mile system allows the convoys of Continue the race even without a chaintaking advantage of an auxiliary engine that saves from the use of diesel in the blind points of the network. Ports, industrial terminals, areas forgotten by electrification: now no more tricks are needed. With hybrid traction you work better, you spend less, and you avoid wasting time to maneuver from other times.
Traxx Universal: the performance of the new locomotives for FS
The new locomotives offer high power, optimized energy consumption and a structure designed to reduce maintenance times. With four axes and a high load capacity, the means are designed to support high intensity freight traffic on long national and cross -border sections.
Modular design favors the customization and adaptation to different European standardsincreasing the flexibility of use by logistics operators. The extended delivery until 2027 serves to make a clean square of a fleet that has held too long on spare parts and patience.
Made in Italy electric locomotives: the role of the Alstom plant in Vado Ligure
The production is concentrated in the Alstom plant in Vado Ligurewho plays a strategic role in the Italian railway industrial chain. The contract also includes twelve years of complete maintenance, guaranteeing working continuity and technological development in the area. The saleswoman, in addition to strengthening the partnership between ALSTOM and the FS group, supports specialized employment and stimulates the growth of the local survey.
The 3 billion Maxi Plan to revolutionize freight transport
Mercitalia Logistics has foreseen over 3 billion euros of investments For the renewal of the rolling stock by 2030. 80% of the resources will be intended for new generation locomotives and wagons. The goal is to make freight transport on iron more efficient, punctual and sustainable.
The new Traxx Universal are one of the first stages of this plan, which is part of the largest industrial plan of the FS group. There are about seventy locomotives arriving from here to 2027, with thirty other on the bench ready to enter.
