Siemens Velaro is a family of high-speed EMU trains used in Germany, Spain, China and Russia. The Velaro is based on the ICE 3M/F high-speed trains manufactured by Siemens for Deutsche Bahn.
Deutsche Bahn were the first to order Siemens high speed trains. The Deutsche Bahn (DB) ordered 13 of these units in 1994, the NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) four units. The trains were delivered in 1999 for Service. The trains were labelled and marketed as the Velaro by their manufacturer, Siemens.
Siemens developed its Siemens Velaro based on the ICE 3M/F. Spain's RENFE was the first to order Velaro trains, known as Velaro E, for their AVE network. Wider versions were ordered by China for the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail (China Railways CRH3) and Russia for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg and the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod routes (Velaro RUS/Сапсан). Since December 2011, the latest generation, Velaro D has been running in its home country, Germany.
In July 2006 a Siemens Velaro train-set (AVE S-103) reached 403.7 km/h (250.8 mph). At that time, this was the world record for railed and unmodified commercial service trainsets.
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