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Background information: the Velaro-family

CHINA:

In the year 2006 Chinese Railways ordered from Siemens and its Chinese partner Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works sixty high-speed trains based on the Velaro platform. Three of those sixty units are being built in Krefeld. As many as five of the new high speed trains will be used to link the cities of Beijing and Tianjin during the 2008 Olympic Games.

The trains have a total length of 200 meters. The CRH 3, the Chinese class designation for this train, is based on Siemens’ Velaro platform for high speed trains, which in turn was developed from the ICE 3 built for German Railways (DB). The advantage of the Velaro platform lies in its ‘’ concept, i.e. the traction equipment and system modules are arranged under floor over the entire length of the train and, therefore, are not concentrated in a locomotive at the beginning and at the end of the train as favored by push-pull concepts. As a result, about 20 percent more seat space is gained from the same length of train because elimination of the locomotives creates additional space for passenger accommodation. Consequently, for example, the Chinese Velaro CN is able to carry 600 passengers. The wider car body allows five seats to be arranged side by side in the second class compartments. In addition, the train features a bistro-restaurant section that is directly attached to the first class area.

With an installed traction rating of 8800 kilowatts, the Velaro for China is built for a maximum running speed of 300 km/h. The fact that half of all the axles are driven direct gives the train a better acceleration performance than locomotive-hauled trains. Furthermore, the traction concept enables the unit to climb line sections with grades as

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steep as 40‰. The electric brake feeds the energy generated during braking back into the overhead power supply system, which translates into energy and cost savings. The train control system is based on Europe’s ETCS and has been adapted by Siemens especially for the Chinese railway operations.

The design and engineering work for these Chinese high speed trains was carried out at the Siemens locations in and Krefeld-Uerdingen in Germany. The production of the first three trains and major components likewise took place in Germany. The rest of the trains will be built at the Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works in China, a production facility of the China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (CNR). The contractual agreements also call for the transfer of technology and the provision of support during train production.

RUSSIA:

In May 2006 (RZD) ordered from Siemens eight Velaro type high-speed trains and also their maintenance for a period of 30 years. The contract for the trains and the maintenance is worth about EUR 600 million.

Designed to travel at 250 km/h, these new trains are to be used initially on the – St. Petersburg route and, later on, operate between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. Some of the trains will be equipped to run on DC and AC electrified lines. With ten cars and a total length of 250 meters, they will be able to accommodate more than 600 passengers. The trains will be built for the Russian broad-gauge network and the cars will be approximately 33 cm wider than Germany’s high-speed ICE 3 trains. The design and planning work for the Russian high-speed train will be done at Siemens’ two German locations, Erlangen and Krefeld-Uerdingen. Train production will likewise take place in Germany. A localization of production activities is also planned. The last trains are due to be delivered by 2010.

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SPAIN:

In July 2001 the Spanish National Railways (Renfe) and Siemens signed a contract for delivery of 16 high-speed trains. The order for the trains and the maintenance of the whole fleet within the following 14 years was worth 705 million Euro. In March 2004 Renfe decided to award Siemens with a new order of ten more high-speed trains. The total value of the contract amounts to around 430 million Euro for the trains and their maintenance over a period of 14 years.

The so called AVE S 103 runs on the 625 kilometer long link from to . The journey from the Spanish capital to the Mediterranean city lasts around two and a half hours. The trainset with its traction power of 8,800 kW can attain a maximum operating speed of 350 kph. The AVE S 103 offers space for 404 passengers in three classes (Club, Business and Economy). Practically all seats in the new Spanish train can be rotated and are turned in the direction of travel before the journey starts. In all coach classes, sizable video displays keep travelers entertained. LED displays provide passengers with up-to-date information in Spanish, Catalan and English. In matters of signaling, the AVE S 103 is equipped both with a familiar LZB continuous ATC system and with the new European Standard ETCS.

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The 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, as well as forward-looking service concepts.

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