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Flexible Leasing Solution

We provide short and long-term operating leases for a wide range of electric, diesel and hybrid locomotives and passenger rail assets across Europe.   

We offer the following options:

Dry Lease

Lessee responsible for all heavy and day-to-day maintenance.

Soggy Lease

Lessee responsible for all day-to-day maintenance. Beacon responsible for the heavy maintenance.

Full-Service Lease

Beacon responsible for all maintenance.

Sale and Lease Back Financing

We can quickly review and assess the potential to finance older fleets of passenger trains and locomotives. We can purchase these assets whilst still providing the lessee with the benefit of use under a long-term lease, thus releasing capital.

For Passenger or Freight enquiries please use the relevant contact for your region.

New build rolling stock finance

With our extensive manufacturer relationships, we can offer full support for the financing of new-build passenger trains and locomotives. This is a full ‘cradle to grave’ approach.

For Passenger or Freight enquiries please use the relevant contact for your region.

Aside from funding and leasing our services include:

  • Support lessee in the tender process.
  • Work with manufacturer and lessee to agree scope.
  • Technical input into specification and design.
  • Project management through build and delivery.
  • Flexible leasing solutions depending on your needs.
  • Lifelong asset management including optimisation and modernisation.

Modification, Modernisation and Refurbishment Financing

We can provide both funding and technical support for the modification, modernisation or refurbishment of passenger trains and locomotives. Beacon can rentalise the costs under a lease structure.

For Passenger or Freight enquiries please use the relevant contact for your region.

Asset Management

Our lessees benefit from our team’s wide ranging expertise and technical knowledge, combined with responsive, customer-focused support for the duration of their lease.

For Passenger or Freight enquiries please use the relevant contact for your region.

  • We can support prospective customers by providing our knowledge and expertise to maximise the performance and availability of your existing fleet.
  • We assign both commercial and technical contacts to support your requirements.
  • We can support maintenance optimisation through innovative solutions.

Comprehensive Full Service Leasing

Provides you tailor-made full-service from a solid partner. To keep your transport business, for cargo as well as passengers, available and reliable on track.

  • Preventive maintenance
    Predictive planning and punctual completion of maintenance works.
  • Corrective maintenance
    Repair and problem solving, increasing the operational availability.
  • 24/7 emergency hotline
    Available for you on the phone round the clock when an issue arises.
  • Spare part & component management
    Highest availability of all spare parts and components pan European, centrally controlled provisioning.
  • Vehicle upgrades
    Configuration / upgrades according to country or request specific packages and upgrades with technical updates on the basis of the future development of the European rail network.
  • Insurance
    To facilitate your business we can offer you an insurance package out of an All Risks Machinery Breakdown Insurance and a Rental Loss Coverage Insurance.

Mobile Technician Services

Our technicians can provide you with flexible services wherever you need to support your fleet’s availability.

  • Top qualified and licensed technicians with more than 20 years of experience who work in compliance with ECM regulations
  • Choose your service from basic maintenances to full-service solutions including spare part services
  • Define the location freely whether in your workshop or anywhere in Europe

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Insurance

To facilitate your business we can offer you an insurance package out of an All Risks Machinery Breakdown Insurance and a Rental Loss Coverage Insurance.

The All Risks Machinery Breakdown Insurance is a machinery and hull insurance for the locomotive with a self- deductible of maximum EUR 10.000,00.

The Rental Loss Coverage Insurance is an accident lease rental insurance for the locomotive covering up to 6 months.

UK and European Remit

We work throughout the UK and Europe, supported by a diverse team covering:

  • 18 Countries
  • 13 Languages
  • OECD Remit – potential to offer leasing solutions in any OECD country.

For Passenger or Freight enquiries please use the relevant contact for your region.

Office Locations

London

Luxembourg

Germany

Netherlands

Languages Spoken

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Dutch
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Polish
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Turkish
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Luxembourgish
  • Polish
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Turkish

Disposals

From time to time, we dispose of assets that are surplus to requirements.

For all enquiries relating to this service please email: rail@beaconrail.com

We are always available for you

Our Sales Account Manager in Amsterdam is your main contact and supervises the entire lease

Our service teams in Munich and Milan are responsible for the planning of all technical services as well as for the modification of locomotives and their maintenance. Moreover, they ensure competent staffing of the hotline, which is available 24/7 for all queries

The series production engineers design tailor-made maintenance concepts and provide information on systems and components from every locomotive series to ensure safety and reliability of our rolling stock

The transaction manager oversees the performance of our full-service leasing product through a regular reporting process and monitoring of KPI’s

Safety first

Beacon is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 and the ECM-Directive EU 2019/779. Both certifications are based on an Integrated Management System (IMS), ensuring that our working methods are based on continuous improvement processes. This guarantees that we deliver all BEACON services and operational equipment with the levels of quality and safety we are known for; always with the goal to meet your expectations. We incorporated the requirements of European regulations for the Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) for the following four modules:

  1. Management Function
  2. Maintenance development function
  3. Fleet maintenance management function
  4. Maintenance delivery function

The vehicle maintenance management of our locomotives is based on many years of experience in putting these regulations into practice.

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Our Presence

We are a leading lessor operating in 18 countries.

Our Presence

  • Operating in 18 countries
  • Large customer base of high quality lessees
  • Leading lessor for passenger and freight rolling stock
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Values

Beacon’s three core values drive decisions across everything we do.

Values

  • We are Collaborative
  • We are Agile
  • We help each other Thrive
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People

We are a dynamic team that aims to re-invigorate the approach to rail leasing.

People

We have a diverse team, able to do business in 12 languages.

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