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Siemens and Russian partner to supply new sleeping cars to Russian Railways – contract value 320 million euros


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Erlangen, Germany, The Russian Railways AG (RZD) has ordered 200 modern sleeping cars from Siemens and the local coach builder Tverskoy Vagonostroitelny Zavod AG (TVZ). The Siemens scope of supply has an order value of about 320 million euros. The new coaches can be operated in the Russian and standard-gauge European railway networks. They are thus suitable for cross-border service as operated by RZD as well as for operation across Central and Western Europe.

Corresponding agreements were signed today between the president of RZD, Vladimir Yakunin, the president of TVZ, Alexandr Vasilenko, as well as Hans-Jörg Grundmann, CEO of the Siemens Mobility Division. “We are definitely committed to becoming the main foreign partner of RZD. With the order won today, we have taken another step toward that goal,” said Grundmann upon signing the contract. The contract was signed during a VIP trip on the Siemens-supplied high speed train Velaro RUS, which will be in regular passenger service very soon.

Starting in 2010, the coaches will be built in the Siemens plant in Vienna, Austria, and in the wagon factory of TVZ in Tver, northwest of Moscow. Siemens will supply TVZ with the standard-gauge bogies that are required for the European railway network, as well as major parts of the carbody and components for the interior furnishings. TVZ will handle the manufacturing of the bogies for service on the Russian broad gauge and will build the bodyshells for series operation. The new sleeping cars are part of the range of passenger coaches of the RIC (Regolamento Internazionale delle Carrozze) type that are designed for international service. As such, they are allowed to travel in the networks of all operators that are covered by this agreement without requiring special approval.

TVZ with headquarters in Tver is a leading Russian vehicle builder that has specialized in the mass manufacturing of different types of coaches – compartment coaches, sleeping cars, open-saloon coaches – as well as the supply of components. The company belongs to the Russian ZAO Tansmashholding, the country’s largest railway technology group with more than 60,000 employees.

The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies as well as comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six Divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 222,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry posted a profit of EUR3.86 billion with revenues totalling EUR38 billion in fiscal year 2008 (ended September 30). www.siemens.com/industry

The Mobility Division (Erlangen, Germany) is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its “Complete mobility” approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. “Complete mobility” combines the company’s competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, turnkey systems as well as forward-looking service concepts. www.siemens.com/mobility



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