Alpha Trains
| Alpha Trains Group S.à rl
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| legal form | Société à responsabilité limitée (Luxembourg) |
| founding | 1999 |
| Seat | Luxembourg |
| management | Shaun Mills (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 110 |
| Branch | Leasing of rail vehicles |
| Website | www.alphatrains.eu |
| As of November 5, 2018 | |
Alpha Trains (formerly Angel Trains International ) is a leasing company for rail vehicles . The registered office of the company is in Luxembourg. There are branches and subsidiaries in Antwerp, Cologne, Paris and Madrid. The company rents railcars and locomotives to almost all public and private railway operators in 17 European countries. The portfolio includes more than 370 diesel and electric locomotives and 435 multiple units.
history
It all started when British Rail was privatized in 1994. As a result of the privatization, all of British Rail's rolling stock was sold to rolling stock companies. The locomotives were then leased to other railway companies by the three resulting companies, Angel Trains , Porterbrook and Eversholt Rail. In 1999 the company Angel Trains International was founded, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Angel Trains, which takes care of development outside the UK. The first office outside the UK was opened by Angel Trains International in 2001 in Antwerp, which is responsible for locomotive rental. A year later, in 2002, another office was opened in Cologne, which is responsible for the rental of locomotives for passenger transport in continental Europe.
In August 2008, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sold Angel Trains to a consortium of two funds originally operated by Babcock & Brown , AMP Capital , Deutsche Bank and the like. a. completed. When it was sold, all rail vehicles under construction that had not yet been delivered were left in the property of RBS. Since 2009 the shareholders of Alpha Trains are:
- Arcus Infrastructure Partners
- AMP Capital
- PSP Investments
Since then, Angel Trains International has been operating independently of the British division.
In December 2009 the independent company was renamed Alpha Trains. The Antwerp-based company was baptized under the name Alpha Trains (Locomotives) . The location in Cologne has been called Alpha Trains Europa GmbH since 2002 . In the years 2012 to 2016, the company bought the remaining locomotives and railcars from RBS. Alpha Trains also bought modern railcars for passenger transport by 2015 . The total fleet of vehicles at that time was worth 1.5 billion euros.
In 2016, the company managed to refinance around EUR 600 million for the first time, partly through the US private placement market. Meanwhile, Alpha Trains completed the first private placement in the rail industry. In the same year, the company bought 89 more trains to expand. A short time later, in 2017, the company bought 13 modern Flirt railcars intended for use on the Teutoburg Forest and Hellweg networks . In addition, Alpha Trains ordered ten Siemens Vectron locomotives and six additional Euro 4000 diesel locomotives from the manufacturer Stadler (formerly Vossloh ). As of 2017, the total fleet has a value of over 2.5 billion euros.
Todays situation
The headquarters of the Alpha Trains Group S.à rl is now in Luxembourg. The company has now opened two more locations in Paris (company name: Alpha Trains France SAS ) and Madrid (company name: Alpha Trains Iberia SA ).
Alpha Trains Europa GmbH
The Alpha Trains Europa GmbH is a 100 percent subsidiary of Alpha Trains Group S.à rl, based in Cologne. With a total of 34 employees, the company is responsible for rail passenger transport throughout Europe. In 2001 the company was founded as Alpha Trains Europa GmbH. The turnover of Alpha Trains Europa GmbH in 2016 amounted to almost 50 million euros.
According to its own information, Alpha Trains Europa operates around 435 multiple units. These include the following:
| Multiple unit | Manufacturer | Drive technology |
|---|---|---|
| flirt | Stadler Rail | Electric |
| Flirt 3 | Stadler Rail | Electric |
| Talent 2 | Bombardier | Electric |
| Desiro ML | Siemens | Electric |
| Coradia Continental | Alstom | Electric |
| Kiss | Stadler Rail | Electric |
| Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Stadler Rail | diesel |
| Coradia Lint 41 | Alstom | diesel |
| Desiro Classic | Siemens | diesel |
| talent | Bombardier | diesel |
The trains are used for private railway companies, including Abellio , Berchtesgadener Land Bahn , Keolis Germany , Mittelrheinbahn , NordWestBahn , WestfalenBahn , Freiberg Railway , Bavarian Regiobahn , Saxony City Railway and Niederbarnimer Railway .
A class 460 multiple unit (Desiro ML) leased from Alpha Trains.
A “Kiss” railcar in use for the Westfalenbahn.
A train from Alpha Trains in Dresden Central Station, in use for the Saxony urban railway.
.JPG)
Alpha Trains (Locomotives)
The Belgian company Alpha Trains (Locomotives) is the counterpart of Alpha Trains Europa GmbH. Alpha Trains (Locomotives), based in Antwerp, is responsible for leasing 370 locomotives. The company offers the following locomotives for rent to other railway companies:
| Locomotive | Country equipment / packages | Drive type | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vectron (MS) | Germany, Austria, Italy | Electric | Siemens |
| Series 145 | Germany | Electric | Bombardier |
| 185.1 series | (Germany) + (Germany, Austria) + (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) | Electric | Bombardier |
| 185.2 series | (Germany, Austria) + (Germany, Austria, Hungary) + (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) +
(Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway) |
Electric | Bombardier |
| 186 series | (Germany, Austria, Poland) + (Germany, Belgium, France) +
(Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands) |
Electric | Bombardier |
| 186 DC series
(Traxx E 483) |
Italy | Electric | Bombardier |
| 4000 euros | (Spain) + (Spain, Portugal) | Diesel-electric | Stadler |
| Euro 4001 | France | Diesel-electric | Stadler |
| Class 66 | (Germany, Poland) | Diesel-electric | Progress Rail Locomotive |
| G 2000 | (Germany) + (Germany, Netherlands) + (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands) +
(Belgium, Netherlands) + (Italy) |
Diesel hydraulic | Vossloh |
| ER 20 | Germany | Diesel-electric | Siemens |
| G 1700 | Germany | Diesel hydraulic | Vossloh |
| G 1206 | (Germany) + (Germany, France) + (Germany, Luxembourg) + (Germany, Netherlands) | Diesel hydraulic | Vossloh |
| G 1000 | (Germany) + (Germany, Luxembourg) + (France) + (Italy) | Diesel hydraulic | Vossloh |
Alpha Trains rents out locomotives to the following railway companies: Crossrail , LTE , Lineas , RheinCargo , Railcargo , Freightliner PL , TX Logistik , SNCB , Transfesa and Deutsche Bahn .
The company made a loss of around 315,000 euros with this fleet in 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management
- ^ Passionate About Rail. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Europe-wide for you on site. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Alpha Trains' fleet. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Alpha Trains - a success story. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Alpha Trains Europa GmbH, annual financial statements 2010, management report. Can be viewed at www.ebundesanzeiger.de
- ↑ Company locations. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Facts & Figures. In: Who to Whom. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Annual financial statements for the 2016 financial year. In: Bundesanzeiger. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Fleet portfolio trains. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Locomotive finder. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Partner of Alpha Trains. In: Alpha Trains. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Annual Report 2016. In: Bundesanzeiger. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
