Körfez Transport, a subsidiary of Tupras, has signed an agreement with Stadler, a Swiss manufacturer of railway vehicles, for 7 hybrid locomotives of EURODUAL type. Within this agreement, which is actually Stadler's first cooperation in Türkiye, the locomotives are scheduled to be delivered in 2021. The locomotives, which will be used in freight transportation operations by combining both 25 kV AC electric and diesel operating modes on high-slope lines where strong traction power is required, will also be Türkiye's “first” hybrid locomotives.
