Leaner, Quicker Spanish Trains?
Mario Oriol, Patentes Talgo SA
30-May-13 06:05
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Mario Oriol, Deputy CEO of Patentes Talgo SA, joins us on the breakfast grille. Talgo recently announced thier intentions to bid for the KL - Singapore HSR project. We discuss:
- whether generations of family participation strengthened the business
- abandoning an attempt to list in Spain in the middle of the financial crisis
- Talgo's experiences outside of Europe
- how they will compete with other known HSR providers who already have a presence in Malaysia
- the advantages of a Talgo's duck shaped train
- the RM30bn earmarked for the project
- the future of Asian rail connectivity
- the challenges of and how to deal with varying track gauges (width)
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Tags: high speed rail, hsr, spain