High speed train exports from China to Germany.

[Graham]

Train exports

<snip>
In August, China's North Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited delivered to Siemens AG (Germany) a batch of high-speed train compartments worth 14.3 million U.S. dollars, marking the first such export to Europe.


In April, China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited won a bid to provide high-speed trains for Hong Kong.
The trains will run on the Hong Kong section of an inter-city high-speed railway connecting Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The deal marked the first time for a Chinese company to sell high-speed trains to Hong Kong.


Foreign leaders have shown interest in Chinese high-speed railway. During her visit to China in April, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rode a high-speed train from Beijing to Tianjin. At the end of the 33-minute trip, traveling about 120 km, she said it is convenient and Beijing and Tianjin seem to be one city. <snip>

May be UK next?

Gra

 

[clivehorridge]

For sure it's coming.

2012 is due to see four deals worth 500 million pounds, according to http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/7266470.html

The big manufacturers of locomotives and rolling stock (French, Grman, Italian, Swedish etc.) are going to struggle to maintain a market share.