Major Order from Russia for Siemens Austria

CompaniesTechnology ♦ Published: December 20, 2011; 10:21 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Russian railway company RZD reserves eight high-speed trains “Velaro RUS”. The order will be delivered in January 2014.

Major Order from Russia for Siemens Austria / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Besides the major order, a maintaining contract for 30 years has been concluded. The contract volume amounts to € 600m. The carriage will be manufactured in Graz. “We are very pleased that RZD again chose Siemens for the expansion of the high-speed traffic.”, Siemens-CEO Peter Löscher said. When the production will be finished in January 2014, RZD´s high speed capacities are…