11:35, 05 January 2010 | GMT +5
Siemens to supply 54 trains for Sochi Winter Olympics
FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN. January 5. KAZINFORM Germany's largest industrial and electronics company Siemens will supply 54 regional trains for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.

These trains will run between Sochi Airport and the Olympic facilities beginning from the autumn of 2013, Germany's leading business newspaper Handelsblatt said on Monday. The contract is estimated at 580 million euros.
The daily said under the effective contract the first thirty-eight Desiro trains estimated at 410 million euros will be built at Siemens' Krefeld-Uerdingen plant. According to a preliminary contract, other sixteen trains will be partially assembled in Russia; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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