1997年10月初在圣彼得堡召开了国际《准高速和高速铁路暨铁路发展及前景的几个主要问题、对加速铁路运输科技进程影响》的科技大会。参加会议的有俄罗斯有关各部及各部门、俄罗斯科学研究院、运输研究院，主管科研、设计和建筑单应、工业企业、各铁路局，国外12个国家的主要路? In early October 1997, a scientific and technological conference was held in St. Petersburg on the basis of several major issues concerning the development and prospects of quasi-high-speed and high-speed railways and railways in the country, and on the acceleration of the scientific and technological progress in railway transportation. The meeting was attended by Russia’s relevant ministries and departments, the Russian Academy of Science, the Transport Research Institute, the main road for scientific research, design and construction, industrial enterprises, railway administrations and 12 foreign countries.