Alstom delivers final locomotive to Azerbaijan as part of contract with Azerbaijan Railways

Alstom has delivered the final Prima T8 AZ8A heavy freight locomotive of a contract to deliver 40 locomotives to Azerbaijan Railways.

Report informs that Alstom signed a €288 million contract in 2014 for 50 electric locomotives.

These included 40 Prima T8 AZ8A heavy freight locomotives manufactured by Alstom’s joint venture partner EKZ in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, and ten Prima M4 AZ4A passenger locomotives built in Belfort, France, and delivered to Azerbaijan.

Kanat Alpysbayev, Managing Director of Alstom in Western and Central Asia, said that the final delivery is a milestone that we always celebrate.

“These locomotives play a key role in boosting the freight transportation capacity within Azerbaijan, and, moreover, they contribute to the ambitious goals of increasing the transit potential of the Trans-Caspian railway corridor. We are continuing to develop our close partnership with Azerbaijan Railways, including the organization of the locomotive fleet maintenance and the implementation of railway signalling projects," he said.