ICE trains of Deutsche Bahn

New train for German operator Deutsche Bahn

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Beginning in 2020, trainDB Regio AG will operate its Rhine Valley rail network in southwest Germany exclusively with new trains supplied by Siemens.

The mass transit arm of Deutsche Bahn has ordered 39 trainsets specifically for this purpose.

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To date, the new train for German operator Deutsche Bahn has covered over 250,000 kilometers in test and licensing runs. 

Siemens is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of high-speed trains. Velaro is one of the most reliable trains in all the countries in which it is deployed (26 trains in operation in Spain, 240 in China, eight in Russia, with eight more under construction). 

Velaro trains have already traveled over 150 million operational kilometers without a significant technical failure. In Spain and Russia, Siemens is also responsible for Velaro maintenance.

Velaro D

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. This picture shows a design study.

Velaro D

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.
(This picture shows a design study)

Deutsche Bahn

In the Netherlands, 
test runs have begun on the country’s first high-speed rail route. 
A high-performance locomotive from Siemens will be pulling two Deutsche Bahn cars equipped with measuring instruments — at speeds from 120 to 250 kilometers per hour. 

When the service begins on the route in 2007, trains will be hurtling along its rails at 300 km/h. The stretch from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam to the Belgian border is a key element to linking the Netherlands with Western Europe’s high-speed rail network. 

At slightly less than 100 kilometers, 
this section alone will cut more than one hour from the Amsterdam-Paris route, which will then take about three hours.