4/2012

The scene on the Russian rail network is changing rapidly nowadays. One of the most challenging demands is the provision of new locomotives and trains to meet the demand for shorter journey times and higher operating speeds of passenger services.

Siemens’s Infrastructure & Cities Sector has been focusing on product platforms for some time. The Inspiro® range of trains was the latest development for metros and now forms the basis for the new vehicles for Metro Warszawskie.

Czech Raildays is an annual event in Ostrava, held in the freight yard adjacent to the principal station. The trade fair focuses on all aspects of rail transport, and also on various modes of urban public transport.

On 2 August 2009 RZD awarded a contract for 200 Type WLABmz sleeping cars to Tversky vagono-stroitelny zavod (TVZ), with Siemens appointed as the main subcontractor.

The DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) is widely known as a governmental German aerospace research organisation with a workforce of about 7,000 - most of them scientists. Over the past ten years security, energy and transport research areas have been added to DLR’s range of activities. From 2007 transport research for rail vehicles has engaged the capabilities of several DLR institutes in one theme - the Next Generation Train (NGT).