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updated10 June 2015Siemens Mobility GmbHMilan
Siemens Mobility at the UITP World Congress and Exhibition
Milan, 08 June to 10 June 2015
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Thameslink – Faster and more comfortable service right across London
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First Siemens-built Thameslink train arrives in London
On July 31, 2015, the first brand new Siemens-built Class 700 Desiro City train arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) at the newly constructed Three Bridges traincare facility near Crawley, West Sussex. Siemens and operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will now be undertaking an exhaustive testing programme. Passenger service will begin in spring 2016 on the Thameslink network between Bedford and Brighton and later on routes to and from Cambridge and Peterborough as well as to other destinations in Kent and Sussex.
First Siemens-built Thameslink train arrives in London
On July 31, 2015, the first brand new Siemens-built Class 700 Desiro City train arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) at the newly constructed Three Bridges traincare facility near Crawley, West Sussex. The trains are set to transform passenger experience on the Thameslink rail routes when it rolls into action next year. Designed to provide much-needed extra capacity on the South-East's busy commuter routes. Passenger service will begin in spring 2016.
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E-bus – New high-power charger concept for line operation and depot
Fully electric city buses for environmentally friendly mass transit
Since autumn 2012, the first of 12 all-electric buses have been operating in regular line service in the Austrian capital. This bus won the "EBUS Award" from the German Forum for Transportation and Logistics in October 2012 for the close dovetailing of eco-friendly propulsion and integration into the route network that is unique in the whole of Europe.
Electric buses begin to operate on regular bus routes - Fully electric buses used in daily bus route operations
The batteries are charged using a rooftop pantograph at the terminal stops of each route. The buses use the overhead line of the tram network for this. As a result, the buses are also operated with energy that is fed back into the overhead grid during braking of the Siemens ULF trams. The purely electric vehicles cause less noise and emit no local pollutants, since there is no combustion process.
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Intelligent operation control to increase the line capacity
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First section of Copenhagen's S-Bahn now in service
In the Danish capital, Copenhagen, Siemens is currently equipping the entire 170 kilometers of the dual-track commuter rail network with a Communications-Based Control System. The project is divided into 6 phases. The first phase (opened February 2016); the newly opened 25 kilometer section of Line A runs from the suburb of Hillerod in the north to Jaegersborg east of the capital and will be used by more than 70.000 commuters a day.
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
Siemens rail technology reduces train headways Of Copenhagen's S-Bahn by around 25 percent
Copenhagen's S-Bahn is the backbone of the capital's public mass transit network. It carries around 350,000 passengers a day - and that number is growing all the time. So, in the space of six years, Siemens will equip Copenhagen's entire commuter rail network with the Trainguard MT train control system which uses Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) to automate operation. This has made it possible to reduce train headways from 120 seconds to 70 seconds within the inner-city area. First section of Copenhagen's S-Bahn is in service since February 29, 2016.
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
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Mobility Services worldwide in the age of digitalization
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Turnkey tramway system for Qatar with catenary-free Avenio trams
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Hybrid trams in Doha: For a cleaner ride without overhead lines
Doha, the capital of Qatar, will soon see 19 trams operating without overhead contact lines on a route which is 11.5 kilometers long and has 24 stations. They will be equipped with an energy storage system which can re-use up to 30 percent of the supplied energy for vehicle operation by recovering braking energy.
Hybrid trams in Doha: For a cleaner ride without overhead lines
Nineteen Avenio trams will run on 11.5 kilometers of track without any overhead contact lines. The system will be installed on the university campus and serve 25 stations. The trams will be equipped with the Sitras HES energy storage system from Siemens, with energy being supplied at the tram stops.
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