Railpool
Encyclopedia
Railpool is a European rolling stock leasing company. Based in Munich
, it was formed by HSH Nordbank
and KfW IPEX-Bank
in 2008 to offer passenger and freight locomotive and rolling stock financing and leasing, and also advice and services.
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, it was formed by HSH Nordbank
HSH Nordbank
HSH Nordbank is a commercial bank in northern Europe with headquarters in Hamburg as well as Kiel, Germany. It is active in corporate and private banking. HSHs main focus is on shipping, transportation, real estate and renewable energy....
and KfW IPEX-Bank
KFW
KFW may refer to:*Keith Fullerton Whitman , an American musician*KfW or Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, a German public-sector financial institution...
in 2008 to offer passenger and freight locomotive and rolling stock financing and leasing, and also advice and services.
Assets
- Bombardier TRAXXTRAXXBombardier TRAXX is a modular product platform of electric and Diesel-electric mainline locomotives built by Bombardier Transportation, built in both freight and passenger variants...
locomotives - Siemens VectronVectron (locomotive)The Vectron is a design of reconfigurable, modular Bo'Bo' multipurpose locomotive by Siemens Mobility, intended to be the successor to the successful EuroSprinter family of locomotives...
locomotives - Railpool was the first buyer. - 45 Bombardier double-deck coaches for DSB.