KfW | RailFreight.com https://www.railfreight.com News about rail freight Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:36:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /favicon.ico KfW | RailFreight.com https://www.railfreight.com 32 32 Railpool gets 100 million euros in loan from KfW https://www.railfreight.com/business/2026/04/09/railpool-gets-100-million-euros-in-loan-from-kfw/ https://www.railfreight.com/business/2026/04/09/railpool-gets-100-million-euros-in-loan-from-kfw/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:36:36 +0000 https://www.railfreight.com/?p=70512 Locomotive leasing company Railpool will receive 100 million euros from KfW IPEX-Bank. The funds will be used to purchase new locomotives primarily for the German market, the company said.
“Through this financing, KfW IPEX-Bank is supporting the shift of freight transport to rail”, Railpool said in a press release. The loan is part of KfW’s Program 269 ‘Investment Loan for Sustainable Mobility’, launched by the bank in 2022 on behalf of the German ministry of transport.

This is the second time that a large rail freight player receives a loan from this package. A couple of months ago, rail freight wagon lessor VTG got 340 million euros for the purchase of new rolling stock. Over the past few years, KfW IPEX-Bank has also invested in MFD Rail for the purchase of over 6,000 intermodal wagons and Wascosa for the acquisition of 570 new units.

]]> https://www.railfreight.com/business/2026/04/09/railpool-gets-100-million-euros-in-loan-from-kfw/feed/ 0 VTG secures 340 million euro promotional loan for wagon purchases https://www.railfreight.com/business/2026/02/13/vtg-secures-340-million-euro-promotional-loan-for-wagon-purchases/ https://www.railfreight.com/business/2026/02/13/vtg-secures-340-million-euro-promotional-loan-for-wagon-purchases/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:52:20 +0000 https://www.railfreight.com/?p=69352 The German rolling stock and logistics company VTG, which operates the largest private fleet in Europe of approximately 85,000 wagons, has secured a 340 million euro loan through development bank KfW. This money is earmarked for the purchase of new freight wagons.
KfW specifies that VTG will use the loan to purchase various types of wagons, including tank wagons, open and closed wagons and wagons for intermodal operations. “The syndicated promotional loan will be used to finance our investments in new, modern freight wagons”, confirms VTG CFO Mani Herold.

The German state development bank KfW acts as the lead arranger and bookrunner for the loan, meaning that there it has sought to source the funds from various lenders to spread the financial risk. The promotional loan likely also comes with favourable reduced-cost terms. It has a term of seven years.

“We are proud that VTG is the first transport company to successfully place such a large promotional loan from the KfW programme for investments in sustainable mobility on the market in order to create the conditions for more climate-friendly rail transport. We would like to thank KfW IPEX-Bank for its consistently reliable and excellent cooperation in implementing this important, innovative financing”, Mani Herold added.

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