Siemens Mobility news – Page 9
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NewsAustrian Federal Railways announces framework agreement for 540 EMUs
AUSTRIA: ÖBB has selected Siemens Mobility as the winner of a framework contract covering the supply of up to 540 electric multiple-units. The 10-year agreement announced on August 31 is potentially worth more than €5bn. The single-deck EMUs will be based on the manufacturer’s Mireo family, ...
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NewsAustrian ETCS roll-out advances
AUSTRIA: ÖBB-Infrastruktur and Siemens Mobility have commissioned ETCS Level 2 on the Linz – Wels – Vöcklabruck and Wels – Haiding routes as the first project under a 2021 framework agreement for a roll-out on main routes across the country. This will involve installing a total ...
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NewsSiemens Mobility begins construction of $220m North Carolina factory
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony on August 23 launched construction of Siemens Mobility’s future passenger rolling stock manufacturing and services facility in Lexington, North Carolina. The $220m plant will produce passenger coaches and overhaul locomotives and hauled stock. It is scheduled to open in 2024, and is ...
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NewsAmtrak orders more Airo push-pull trainsets
USA: Amtrak has awarded Siemens Mobility a firm order to supply a further 10 Airo push-pull trainsets. The order announced by the national passenger operator on August 21 has been placed as an option on a contract let in 2021. It takes the total procurement to ...
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NewsIsrael Railways to switch to entirely double-deck fleet
ISRAEL: Israel Railways has approved a 7bn shekel rolling stock acquisition programme which will enable it to phase out single-deck trains to help meet forecast ridership of 105 million passengers in 2025 and 300 million in 2040. The plan approved on July 31 includes a planned ...
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NewsSiemens Mobility to supply 28 EMUs for Digital Node Stuttgart project
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract to supply electric multiple-units equipped for attended automated operation as part of the Digital Node Stuttgart pilot project within the Digital Schiene Deutschland (Digital Rail Germany) programme. The €300m contract awarded by the Land of Baden-Württemberg’s rolling stock ...
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News‘Most innovative S-Bahn trains in Germany’ designed to replace 1 500 cars
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract to supply 90 extra-long electric multiple-units which it says will provide ‘more space, greater comfort and many innovations’ on München S-Bahn services. The 13-car EMUs will be 202 m long with 376 fixed and 80 folding seats and ...
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NewsAkiem orders more Vectron locomotives
EUROPE: Leasing company Akiem has awarded Siemens Mobility a firm order to supply a further 15 Vectron AC and Vectron MS electric locomotives in 2025-27. The order announced on July 31 has been placed under a framework agreement for locomotives, ancillary equipment and services signed which ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst of London Underground’s new Piccadilly Line trains ready for testing
UK: The first of the trainsets which Siemens Mobility is supplying to replace the existing 1970s fleet on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line has arrived at the Wegberg-Wildenrath Test & Validation Centre in Germany from the company’s factory at Wien in Austria. Tests will include acceleration, braking, ...
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NewsMedway Belgium orders electric locos
BELGIUM: MSC subsidiary Medway Belgium has ordered 15 Siemens Mobility Vectron MS electric locomotives for use on cross-border freight services from Belgium. The 6·4 MW locos with a maximum speed of 160 km/h will be used on routes to Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Hungary, the ...
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NewsAutomated train positioning trials
GERMANY: Fully automated operation of regional passenger trains has moved a step closer with the launch this month of the AutomatedTrain project by Deutsche Bahn and partners from industry and research. Forming part of the Digital Schiene Deutschland (Digital Rail Germany) initiative, the project aims to ...
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NewsÖBB unveils Tirol Cityjet EMU
AUSTRIA: The first of 20 Cityjet Class 4748 electric multiple-units for use by Austrian Federal Railways in Tirol has been completed. The EMUs from Siemens Mobility’s Desiro ML family are scheduled to enter service on the route between Innsbruck and Kufstein from October, with other routes ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrains ordered for Sofia metro Line 3 extension project
BULGARIA: Sofia metro operator Metropolitan JSC has awarded the Simetro consortium of Siemens Mobility and Newag a €68m contract to supply a further eight trainsets for Line 3. The order announced on July 20 will take the Line 3 fleet to 38 Inspiro trainsets ordered in ...
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NewsHamburg S-Bahn to trial digital energy saving controls
GERMANY: As part of the Digitale S-Bahn Hamburg programme, the city of Hamburg, Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Mobility are to trial an intelligent operations control system aimed at making operations more energy efficient. Signing a co-operation accord on July 18, the three partners agreed to invest ...
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NewsLong-term locomotive service contract signed
EUROPE: Leasing company Alpha Trains and Siemens Mobility have signed their largest servicing contract, covering the maintenance of Vectron locomotives over 15 years. Maintenance work will be undertaken at Siemens Mobility Service facilities in 13 countries, with major overhauls to be done at the Siemens Rail ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens Mobility to replace Cleveland Red Line fleet
USA: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has formally selected Siemens Mobility to supply 24 S200 light rail vehicles to replace its Red Line metro fleet, with options for more to operate on the Blue and Green lines. The firm order announced on July 10 is supported ...
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Rail Business UKThameslink EMUs to get ETCS onboard upgrade
UK: A five-year contract to upgrade the Class 700 Thameslink EMU fleet to the latest specification of European Train Control System has been awarded through the cross-industry East Coast Digital Programme. The £32·7m contract announced on June 21 was signed by infrastructure manager Network Rail, operator ...
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Metro Report InternationalA ‘leap into the future’ as Wien’s first Series X metro train enters service
AUSTRIA: Wien ‘is taking a big leap into the future of digitalised transport’ Siemens Mobility’s CEO of Rolling Stock Albrecht Neumann said when the first of 34 Series X metro trainsets entered passenger service on June 16. ‘Innovations like the new passenger information system with real-time ...
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NewsSiemens Mobility buys traffic optimisation specialist Optrail
ITALY: Siemens Mobility has acquired Optrail, which provides mathematical algorithms for optimising rail traffic management. Optrail applies operations research and machine learning to solve real-world problems in transport and logistics. Its core product provides real-time conflict resolution by integrating optimisation algorithms, moving beyond traditional sequential ‘meet ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn orders 73 ICE trainsets
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has announced two orders for a total of 73 inter-city trainsets.