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This contract governs
such aspects as development and configuration of the
high-speed trains, the localization concept and the
structure of the delivery contract. The delivery
contract comprises a project volume up to € 1.5
billion and is scheduled for signing in the summer
of this year. RZD intends to place orders for sixty
of these trains, which can travel at up to 300
kilometers per hour. An agreement to this effect was
reached in December 2004.
The trains are due to run mainly on the Moscow – St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg – Helsinki routes. It is also envisaged in the medium term that they should link other Russian cities (e.g. Omsk - Novosibirsk, Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod). The trains are to be largely produced in Russia, in cooperation with suppliers and other partners in that country; delivery of the first train is planned towards the end of 2007.
“We are pleased that we have already reached this initial concrete agreement. We are now on our way to getting the project started, thereby contributing to stronger Russian-German trade relations“, commented Hans M. Schabert, President of Siemens Transportation Systems, at the signing of the contract.
Photo reference:
A photo of the design study is available on the Internet under
http://www.siemens.com/ts-picture/sots200501
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