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Mar 19, 2009 | People in Spain are furthermore enthusiastic about the Velaro E high speed train made by Siemens. According to the latest statistics of the Spanish Ministry of Transport, ridership has tripled due to use of the new high speed train. Since the Velaro E was commissioned on February 20, 2008, a total of 2.3 million passengers have traveled on the high speed AVE route between Madrid and Barcelona. The market share of the train rose up on this route from 11,8% to 48,2%. 

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Dec 17, 2008 | Deutsche Bahn ordered 15 high-speed trains from Siemens. The order is worth about 500 million euros. The new Velaro D will be manufactured at the Siemens plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 

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Dec 17, 2008 | Deutsche Bahn ordered 15 high-speed trains from Siemens. The order is worth about 500 million euros. The new Velaro D will be manufactured at the Siemens plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 

Reference number: I MO 200812.006-03

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Dec 17, 2008 | Deutsche Bahn ordered 15 high-speed trains from Siemens. The order is worth about 500 million euros. The new Velaro D will be manufactured at the Siemens plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 

Reference number: I MO 200812.006-01

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Nov 13, 2008 | On November 13, Siemens will ship the first of a total of eight high-speed trains to Russia for RZD from the German rail ferry port in Sassnitz/ Mukran.The first train will be transported on the “Vilnius” rail ferry via Baltijsk to the Russian Baltic port of Ust Luga. 

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Nov 13, 2008 | On November 13, Siemens will ship the first of a total of eight high-speed trains to Russia for RZD from the German rail ferry port in Sassnitz/ Mukran.The first train will be transported on the “Vilnius” rail ferry via Baltijsk to the Russian Baltic port of Ust Luga. 

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Nov 13, 2008 | On November 13, Siemens will ship the first of a total of eight high-speed trains to Russia for RZD from the German rail ferry port in Sassnitz/ Mukran.The first train will be transported on the “Vilnius” rail ferry via Baltijsk to the Russian Baltic port of Ust Luga. 

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Nov 13, 2008 | On November 13, Siemens will ship the first of a total of eight high-speed trains to Russia for RZD from the German rail ferry port in Sassnitz/ Mukran.The first train will be transported on the “Vilnius” rail ferry via Baltijsk to the Russian Baltic port of Ust Luga. 

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Nov 13, 2008 | On November 13, Siemens will ship the first of a total of eight high-speed trains to Russia for RZD from the German rail ferry port in Sassnitz/ Mukran.The first train will be transported on the “Vilnius” rail ferry via Baltijsk to the Russian Baltic port of Ust Luga. 

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Sep 23, 2008 | The new high-speed train Velaro RUS was presented at the InnoTrans 2008 in Berlin. Vladimir Yakunin, President of the Russian railway company RZD, and Peter Löscher (left), CEO of Siemens AG, take a look at the driver’s cabin. 

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Sep 23, 2008 | Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger, CEO of the Siemens Sector Industry, Peter Löscher, CEO of Siemens AG, Vladimir Yakunin, president of the Russian railway company RZD, Hartmut Mehdorn, chairman of the board Deutsche Bahn AG and Valentin Gapanowitsch, vice-president of RZD (from left to right), took part in the presentation of the new high-speed train Velaro RUS at InnoTrans 2008 in Berlin. 

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Sep 08, 2008 | Two Siemens employees in the Siemens factory in Krefeld-Uerding working on the nose cone of the Velaro RUS 

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Sep 08, 2008 | A Siemens employee in the Siemens factory in Krefeld-Uerding working on the nose cone of the Velaro RUS 

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Sep 08, 2008 | The first high-speed train Velaro RUS at the loading in the Siemens factory in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 

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Sep 08, 2008 | The first high-speed train Velaro RUS at the loading in the Siemens factory in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 

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Sep 08, 2008 | The fastest train in Russia comes from Siemens – Velaro RUS 

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Aug 01, 2008 | Since August 1 2008 five CRH 3 trains are running between the two Olympic sports venues. China Rail ordered a total of 60 Velaro trains. Three of them have been built in Krefeld in Germany, while the other 57 units are being built at Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works in Tangshan. The picture shows the Velaro CN on the high-speed route near Beijing. 

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Aug 01, 2008 | Since August 1 2008 five CRH 3 trains are running between the two Olympic sports venues. China Rail ordered a total of 60 Velaro trains. Three of them have been built in Krefeld in Germany, while the other 57 units are being built at Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works in Tangshan. The picture shows the Velaro CN on the high-speed route near Beijing. 

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Aug 01, 2008 | Since August 1 2008 five CRH 3 trains are running between the two Olympic sports venues. China Rail ordered a total of 60 Velaro trains. Three of them have been built in Krefeld in Germany, while the other 57 units are being built at Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works in Tangshan. The picture shows the Velaro CN on the high-speed route near Beijing. 

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Jul 04, 2008 | The Velaro E is the fastest series-produced train in the world. 

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Jul 04, 2008 | The Velaro is the fastest series-produced train in the world. In the future the Spanish National Railway Renfe will operate the Siemens Velaro high-speed trainset (named AVE S 103) at a regular speed of 350 km/h. In 2006, the Velaro reached the world record speed of 404 km/h. 

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Jul 04, 2008 | In may 2006 the RZD ordered eight high-speed trains type Velaro from Siemens. The rains will run on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg line with an operating speed of 250 km/h. Within the Innotrans 2008 three cars of the first train will be presented to the public. The delivery of the whole first train is scheduled for the coming November. The picture shows the train at the Siemens’ Krefeld-Uerdingen plant. 

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