Siemens Mobility news
News about rolling stock and railway equipment supplier Siemens Mobility.
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NewsMetro CBTC over public LTE network goes live in Oslo
NORWAY: Oslo T-Bane metro operator Sporveien and Siemens Mobility have commissioned a CBTC system which they believe is the first use of public LTE mobile networks for critical train control communications on a European metro.
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NewsSantiago – Melipilla signalling contract awarded as civil works start
CHILE: Construction has begun on the 61 km Santiago – Melipilla suburban rail project, and a contract has been let to deliver ETCS Level 2 train control along the route.
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NewsStadler appeals against SBB’s selection of Siemens for SFr2bn train contract
SWITZERLAND: Stadler has lodged an appeal with the Federal Administrative Court challenging Swiss Federal Railway’s selection of Siemens Mobility for a SFr2bn contract to supply up to 200 double-deck electric multiple-units.
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NewsSiemens Mobility launches hardware-independent Signaling X in the metro market
SINGAPORE: Siemens Mobility has launched its Signaling X train control technology in the metro market at the Singapore Rail Test Centre.
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NewsSiemens to deploy Signaling X digital interlocking technology in Switzerland
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Mobility for the supply of its Signaling X digital interlocking technology.
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NewsStadler unhappy as Swiss Federal Railways selects Siemens Mobility to supply up to 200 trainsets
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has selected Siemens Mobility for a landmark contract to supply up to 200 double-deck electric multiple-units.
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NewsAutomated freight train trial begins on the Betuwe Route
NETHERLANDS: A one-year trial of automatic train operation has started on the Betuwe Route freight corridor.
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NewsKøbenhavn tramway opens to make it faster and more comfortable to get around
DENMARK: Trams have returned to København after 53 years, with music, family entertainment and a day of free travel marking the opening of the first phase of the Hovedstadens Letbane line.
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NewsSiemens Mobility increases use ‘green steel’ in rolling stock production
EUROPE: Siemens Mobility is working with Voestalpine to increase the share of lower-emission ‘green steel’ it uses in rolling stock production.
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NewsLille orders automated light metro trains
FRANCE: Métropole Européenne de Lille has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply 57 rubber-tyred automated light metro trainsets for use on Line 2.
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NewsSwiss Federal Railways awards digital interlocking contracts
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded Hitachi Rail, Siemens Mobility and Stadler major framework contracts worth SFr1·4bn for the supply of digital interlockings.
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NewsMetro-North introduces faster trains to Poughkeepsie as bi-mode Chargers enter service
USA: Faster ’super-express’ services started running on MTA Metro-North Railroad’s 120 km Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and New York’s Grand Central Terminal on October 6.
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NewsGemini selects high speed train supplier for planned Uber-branded Eurostar competitor
EUROPE: Aspiring Channel Tunnel high speed train operator Gemini Trains has selected Siemens Mobility Velaro Novo trainsets for its proposed services from London to Paris, Brussels and Köln.
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NewsAkdoğan Tren Kargo places first Turkish Vectron locomotive order
TURKEY: Akdoğan Train Cargo has become the first Turkish company to order Siemens Mobility Vectron locomotives, placing an order for five multi-system electric locos for use on international routes to EU destinations.
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NewsAlpha Trains orders more electro-diesel locomotives for use in Germany and Austria
EUROPE: Leasing company Alpha Trains has awarded Siemens Mobility a firm order to supply and maintain a further 15 Vectron Dual Mode electro-diesel freight locomotives.
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NewsSiemens Mobility starts work on €35m train battery system factory
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility begins construction of a rolling stock battery system factory with a groundbreaking ceremony at Luhe-Wildenau in Bayern.
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Rail Business UKLive trial suggests Virtual Worksite Marker Boards could save the rail industry £23m per year
UK: The effectiveness and safety of using Virtual Worksite Marker Boards instead of physical marker boards has been successfully trialled during engineering works on the East Coast Main Line.
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NewsSimplified leasing deal enables trains for reinstated line to be supplied within six weeks
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility’s Smart Train Lease business is to deliver the first of three Mireo Smart electric multiple-units for the launch of a passenger service just six weeks after the contract was signed.
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to convert Paris metro Line 13 to driverless operation
FRANCE: Paris metro operator RATP has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to convert Line 13 to unattended driverless operation.
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NewsHacon rolls out the next generation of the HAFAS NextGen journey planning app
INTERNATIONAL: Siemens Mobility subsidiary Hacon has begun rolling out the latest generation of its HAFAS journey planning app.