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We are the future of rail in Europe!
Alpha Trains has been an investor, owner and manager of rolling stock for more than ten years, during which time we have established an enviable record as a consistent, professional and innovative investor and manager of passenger trains and freight locomotives.
Previously as Angel Trains International and since 01 January 2010 as Alpha Trains we have been both stimulants to and beneficiaries of the liberalisation of the continental European railway market, leading to many ground-breaking deals with both public and private operators.
We believe in the future of rail in Europe and are enthusiastic about providing financial and technical solutions and delivering high quality, modern assets to our customers.
News, Infos & Events
08.05.2013 | Alpha Trains delivers 14 Talent DMUs to Keolis
Keolis won the bid for the "OWL-Dieselnetz" tender
Therefore Keolis is renting 14 Talent DMUs form Alpha Trains for 12 years. Start date of the tender is December...
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22.04.2013 | Alpha Trains and Veolia signed frame work agreement
More efficiency in joint projects
Alpha Trains and Alpha Trains Luxemburg S.à r.l. are pleased to announce the signage of a framework agreement with Veolia Verkehr Regio GmbH. The agreement was signed in April 2013 and allows all parties an even more efficient handling of all joint projects. First deliveries due to this contract will be carried out in the near...
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07.02.2013 | Official signing for EMIL tender
On behalf of Alpha Trains Stadler is producing 28 regional trains for WestfalenBahn
Osnabrück/Berlin/Cologne - 7 February 2013.
Berlin-based rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Pankow GmbH is producing a total of 28 regional trains on behalf of Alpha Trains. As of December 2015, 15 FLIRT trains will be operating the Emsland line and 13 KISS trains will be running the Mittelland line for WestfalenBahn. With the contracts officially signed, this was announced by the companies today in front of journalists in Osnabrück. WestfalenBahn won two European tenders in 2012 and secured a 15-year transport contract from the Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft
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06.02.2013 | NordWestBahn is using Talent DMU from Alpha Trains for new tender
NordWestBahn is running the south route of the Ost-Westfalen Lippe Net (OWL) with Talent DMUs from Alpha Trains
In 2012 NordWestBahn (NWB) won the bid for south tender of the OWL-Net, which lasts from December 2012 to December 2025. Alpha Trains is going to deliver Talent DMUs to NWB for this...
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06.02.2013 | Alpha Trains and Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) considerably extend their co-operation
Alpha Trains is going to deliver RegioShuttle and Talent DMU to NEB
Beginning of February the transport association Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) awarded the NEB Betriebsgesellschaft with both bids on the Ostbrandenburg-Net.
Alpha Trains is going to deliver 15 Staderl RS1 Shuttle and 4 Bombardier Talent DMUs to NEB.
Delivery date for the RS1 is December 2014, whereas the Talent DMUs will be delivered one year later. Before delivering All assets are subject to re-modling according to the tender e.g....
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03.01.2013 | First Diesel Locomotive in Alpha-Colours in Regular Services
Since January 3rd, 2013, the first G1206 in Alpha Trains’ livery operates regular freight services.
Locomotive 100 1130 had received its HU at Netinera (Neustrelitz) in June 2012 and was repainted in the new colour scheme. It is now on-lease with Chemion Logistik GmbH, a company jointly owned by the Bayer AG and Lanxess Deutschland GmbH. Chemion is specialized in the transport of chemicals and other HAZMAT (hazardous material). By now not only their owners rely on the expertise of Chemion in this sector. The task of our locomotive is mainly to work the daily shuttle trains of tankers between the different factories at Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld. Also the delivery of waggons to...
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