Railpool information

Railpool

Railpool Bombardier locomotive passing Hjärup railway station in Sweden
Industry	Rail transport leasing (Europe)
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Munich , Germany[1]
Area served	Europe
Key people	CEO Torsten Lehnert, CFO Ingo Wurzer
Owner	Oaktree Capital Management
Number of employees	300+
Subsidiaries	Railpool Lokservice
Website	railpool.eu

Railpool is a European rolling stock leasing company based in Munich, Germany. It provides rolling stock financing and leasing, along with maintenance, consultancy, and other services.

Railpool was launched in 2008 via a joint venture between HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank; it placed the first of multiple orders for Bombardier TRAXX locomotives in September of that year, it would become one of the largest TRAXX operators in the world just over a decade later. During October 2008, Railpool launched into the passenger rolling stock leasing market via a deal to lease 45 Bombardier double-deck coaches to the Danish state railway DSB in October of that year. It expanded its rolling stock portfolio substantially during the 2010s. During November 2012, Railpool took delivery of its first Siemens Vectron locomotive.

During May 2014, the global asset management company Oaktree Capital Management agreed to purchase Railpool from its former owners, HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank. Two years later, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore GIC took up a 49% stake in the company. In the late 2010s, Railpool expanded its maintenance services division Railpool Lokservice, which provides overhaul for the company's own locomotives as well as for non-leasing customers. In January 2021, it was announced that four banks, KfW IPEX-Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and ING Bank, were providing a total of €150 million of financing to expand the company; during May 2022, Railpool closed a new €1.07bn debt package from Crédit Agricole CIB for further growth.