Locomotives for Russia

Under the agreement, around 100 electric double locomotives a year are to be manufactured for RZD starting in 2010. They will be built in a Siemens and Sinara jointly operated factory located near Yekaterinburg. Details of the agreement will be finalised in the next few weeks.

For Siemens, Russia is one of the most important and promising markets for the future. With 85,000 kms of track, 1.3bn passengers a year and total annual freight of 1.3bn tonnes, the railway market in Russia is by far the largest in Europe.