SLOVENIAN Railways (SŽ) signed a €98m deal for new passenger rolling stock on December 15. Slovenia’s Climate Change Fund is financing €43m of the purchase price.

Siemens will supply four Vectron 200km/h electric locomotives for €26m, which will be equipped with ETCS Baseline 3 and approved for operation in Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy, as well as Slovenia.

Under a €72m agreement, Hungarian manufacturer Magyar Vagon will supply a total of 20 passenger coaches with a maximum speed of 200km/h, formed as five four-car trains. Each train will be formed of three AB cars, offering both second and first class seating, and one Combo car which has a buffet section along with first class seating and space for bicycles.

Image Credit: Magyar Vagon

As with the Vectrons, the coaches will be able to operate in seven other countries. The deal includes a two-year warranty period, with Magyar Vagon also providing the spare parts needed to maintain 95% fleet availability in the first two years following delivery.

The new fleet is expected to operate domestic and cross-border inter-city services. Delivery of the Vectrons is expected in April and May 2027, with the new coaches due to arrive between June and October 2028.

“We have clear goals: to become the main transfer point in international transport between southeastern Europe and western and northern Europe,” says Miha Butara, director of SŽ Passenger. “With the new rolling stock we will be even more competitive in international transport, and in the coming years we are also planning to invest in 45 new trains.”

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