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Russian high-speed train to be built in late 2028
MOSCOW. Aug 31 (Interfax) – The first Russian next-generation electric train for high-speed railways (HSR) is expected to be built at the end of 2028, the president of Germany’s Siemens in Russia, Alexander Liberov said.
"In terms of timeframe, I won’t go into all the stages of development right now. I think that for the end consumer it’s important when this train will already be available for passenger services and as such our plan is the end of 2028," Liberov told reporters on the sidelines of the Pro//Motion.Expo railway exhibition.
He said that Russian Railways (RZD), as the ultimate customer for the trains, has agreed to this timeframe.
"If, say, the [HSR] line is ready earlier [at the start of 2028], RZD has enough trains in its fleet right now – the Sapsans, which have a narrow neck. Actually, right now it’s not the speed of the train itself but the capability of the track, meaning it will be possible to use them not at 360 km per hour, but at a fairly high speed," Liberov said when asked about the timeframe for when the trains will be ready and the launch of the Moscow-St. Petersburg HSR.
"Right now 2028 is what we’re planning. This is a very ambitious timeframe for developing such a train, because we’re talking about substantial speeds – 360 km/h, that’s the average speed, and it can reach 400 km/h, which is already comparable with speeds in the airline industry. Naturally, a safety system is needed here, a system for the whole infrastructure, and it’s very important to define it now. It seems that 2028 is still fairly far away, but actually this is a very ambitious schedule for such a train," Liberov said.
Speaking about the cost of the train, he said it will depend on its concept and configuration. "Meaning how many cars it will have, its characteristics and so on. Right now it’s still very difficult to estimate the cost, because this is precisely what we’ve started to talk about. First the concept, it will naturally be expressed in some sort of economic estimate," Liberov said.
Ural Locomotives, the joint venture between Russia’s Sinara Group and Siemens in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, plans to build a new production facility for next-generation high-speed electric trains at an estimated cost of 10 billion-12 billion rubles. It was reported earlier that there were plans to build a prototype train in 2023 and start serial production in 2025.
