“This time, we faced a significant challenge because, after the inspections conducted in Poland, the rail vehicle had to be disassembled, removed from the bogies, packed onto trailers, and transported as a special cargo to the port in Hamburg,” says Maciej Grześkowiak, Director of Strategic Projects and Communications at Pesa.

“In Hamburg, the rail vehicle was loaded onto a ship and, after 1.5 months, arrived in Ghana, where it was unloaded. Now, it will be reassembled and put into operation,” he adds.

“While we were transporting the rail vehicle there, here in Bydgoszcz, the first five or six drivers and technicians from Ghana were being trained by us, so that they would be prepared for us to conduct the first test runs with the local crew after the rail vehicle is operational,” says Maciej Grześkowiak.

“The contract with Ghana is very specific because these are our first rail vehicles sold to Africa. The client has ordered 12 rail vehicles. The first one has already arrived, and we will send the second one shortly,” he promises.

“These first two will be successively tested, and then additional ones will be ordered. This is a passenger vehicle, very modern and ecological, with a diesel engine, but one that complies with Stage 5 emissions standards, making it low-emission and adaptable to be powered even by biofuels,” points out the Director of Strategic Projects and Communications at Pesa.

It is a significant move for Pesa, a prominent Polish train manufacturer, with the first of 12 passenger trains being delivered to Ghana, marking the company’s debut in Africa.