Rustam Minnikhanov visits international railway exhibition Expo-1520

On September 11 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited IV international railway exhibition Expo-1520 and took part in a conference “Railway engineering. Prospects, technologies, priorities”.

President of OAO “Russian railways” Vladimir Yakunin, Head of French railways Giaume Pipi, Director of the Department for railway transport of Siemens AG Johansson Eickholt, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aleksei Rakhmanov took part in a plenary session.

IV international railway exhibition Expo-1520 is held on September 11-14 in Moscow. It is an international exhibition of latest innovations in the sphere of railway equipment, technologies, infrastructure, services and logistics.

The parade of railway machinery will also be held during the event. 20 samples of railway machinery will be presented, and 3000 spectators will watch the parade.

The conference “Railway engineering. Prospects, technologies, priorities” opened the exhibition today.

President of OAO “Russian railways” Vladimir Yakunin informed that a general scheme of railway development in 2013-2020 is estimated at 6.8 bln rubles. He told about methods to stimulate use of innovative railway equipment in Russia.

Vladimir Yakunin noted that regional support is very important for the company. Therefore, he thanked Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for cooperation.

Head of French railways Giaume Pipi, Director of the Department for railway transport of Siemens AG Johansson Eickholt, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aleksei Rakhmanov made reports at the conference.