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    Land-based Transport

    We support the financing of clean, safe and smart public and private mobility investments.

    We offer the right financial services to:

    • Mobility and transport corporates
    • Governments, public entities
    • Lessors of assets and infrastructure
    • Corporates in PPP structures
    • OEMs, EPCs, suppliers

    For investments in:

    • Public urban transport
    • Rail and logistics

    As an expert for financing mobility projects we offer:

    • Reducing the annual finance cost of your investment
    • Developing the financing together with you
    • Working with governmental export credit agencies, development finance institutions, insurers and manufacturers as well as contractors
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    Hydrogen power for Heidekrautbahn

    Seven modern hydrogen-powered trains advance climate action in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.

    Benefits for people and the environment - made possible by an intelligent financing model.

    We are proud to make mobility more sustainable together with our partners.

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    Redefining Public Transport

    Watch a short film about the "mobility owner" concept produced by BBC StoryWorks, UITP (International Association of Public Transport) and KfW IPEX-Bank. It showcases the transport network VMS in Saxony which could be an example for cities and regions across the globe.

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    International Railway Journal (IRJ) Podcast

    IRJ Editor-in-Chief Kevin Smith and Dr. Carsten Wiebers, Head of Mobility at KfW IPEX-Bank, discuss the future of railway asset finance and the challenges and opportunities posed by green financing for the railway sector.

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    Portrait Sebastian Blum

    You would like to find out more about what we do? Please get in touch!

    Contact: Sebastian Blum, Global Head of Mobility

    KfW IPEX-Bank
    Palmengartenstraße 5-9
    60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Phone: +49 (0)69 7431 60597

    Selected financing cases:

    Financing for leasing companies

    We finance investments by German and European leasing companies, e.g. for a non-recourse acquisition of 4,400 railcars by Aves Rail Rent.

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    Financing for local public transport

    KfW IPEX-Bank is financing investments in local public transport (LPT) within Germany and Europe, e.g. new trams for Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH.

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    +++ We work for our customers through our representative offices all around the globe +++

    Locations

    Our headquarters in Frankfurt, the London Branch and representative offices in the world's most important economic centres.

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