Russian Railways refuted forecasts of a shortage of spare parts for Sapsan

There is no shortage of spare parts for servicing the Sapsan and Lastochka trains, they reported Russian Railways.

“The disseminated information about the predicted shortage of spare parts for servicing the Lastochka and Sapsan trains does not correspond to reality,” the message says (quote according to RIA Novosti).

In 2019 Russian Railways concluded with Siemens and Ural Locomotives (a joint venture of the German concern and the Sinara group) a contract for the supply of Sapsan trains. The total value of the transaction amounted to 1.1 billion euros, including a contract for the supply of 13 10-car electric trains worth 513.5 million euros and an additional agreement for service maintenance for 30 years worth 583.1 million euros. According to the contract, delivery was planned from September 2022 to July 2023.

Against the backdrop of anti-Russian sanctions after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine in May last year Siemens announced the termination of service contracts with Russian Railwaysincluding servicing Sapsan and Swallows.

On May 22 this year, the Moscow Arbitration Court partially granted the holding’s application Russian Railways about recovery from Siemens Mobility is subject to penalties for each day of non-compliance with the court decision, which invalidated the termination of the contract between the companies for the supply of 13 Sapsan trains.

Then the court granted the Russian company’s application, but determined a penalty in the amount of 6 million rubles. per day instead of about 30 million rubles.