Eurostar poised to place order with Siemens

01 Oct 2010 ⋅ by ⋅ in Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments ⋅ Tags: , , ,

 

Following a board meeting earlier today , Eurostar is poised to order Velaro-D trains from Siemens in a contract worth around €600m.

The German train builder was selected as preferred bidder in June and the contract is expected to be for 10 trains that are approximately 400 m long, the same length as trains currently in use.

Eurostar will become the first affiliate of SNCF to order  non-French high speed trains.

Velaro under construction. Picture: Jonathan Webb

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