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Russian Railways signs agreement with Spanish Talgo for new trains.
A new contract has been signed between Russian Railways and Spansih company Talgo for the design, manufacture and approval of three new high speed trains to supply the Moscow-Berlin route using the new Talgo automatic gauge changing system, as well as four trains for the Moscow-Kiev route. The Talgo trains will be high speed trains travelling at 200 km/h.
The agreement also announced that Talgo will work with Russian Railways using Spanish technology to develop a new train specially adapted to the needs of Russia, which requires trains capable of operating at very low temperatures, over long distances and use a different guage rail system. This is significant for Russian Railways because wil save in not having to invest in infrastructure.
Russia is a big and important market for Talgo, and with it's automatic gauge changing technology, Russia can be more easily linked with Europe.
Russia has the most extensive network of railways in the world with more than 85,000 km of track, over a million employees and over a billion passengers each year!
16.02.2012