Czech railway company CD Cargo has exercised options agreed with Bombardier Transportation for the supply of a further 11 TRAXX 3MS locomotives. In 2018, the Czech company had Bombardier Transportation has ordered the first ten rail vehicles of this type with options for an additional 40 locomotives. In 2020, the railway division of the Bombardier group had been acquired by the French Alstom which had taken charge of the order including the options. Now CD Cargo has decided to exercise the options for the supply of the last 11 of the 50 locomotives agreed, which will be taken delivery in 2026. The value of the latest options exercised amounts to one billion Czech crowns (40 million euros).

In addition to this contract, including options, entered into in 2018, CD Cargo had subsequently ordered Bombardier Transportation the supply of ten more TRAXX 3MS locomotives that will be taken over next year and used by the Austrian subsidiary of the Czech company.

In 2023, the trains operated by CD Cargo carried volumes of cargo equal to over 12 million tons. Currently, the company, as well as in the Czech Republic, operates mainly in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary and has ongoing programmes for expand its network in other countries, including Italy and the Benelux.