OREANDA-NEWS. November 24, 2009. Vladimir Yakunin, President of Russian Railways, presented Russia’s programme for the development of high-speed rail services to Ray LaHood, U.S. Minister of Transport, reported the press-centre of Russian Railways.

The meeting took place in Moscow at the Company’s Centre for Scientific and Technical Information at Riga station in the presence of John Beyrle, America’s ambassador to Russia.

Yakunin told the U.S. Department of Transportation’s delegation about the Sapsan (Peregrine Falcon) high-speed train and spoke about the development program of high-speed rail traffic in Russia until 2030.

The Minister of Transport praised Russia’s first high speed train, which was developed jointly by German and Russian engineers. He noted that railways in Russia and the United States have much in common, making Russia’s development programme for high-speed rail services very interesting to America in view of the new administration’s plan to create its own high-speed network.