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Siemens Mobility awarded new billion-euro order for high-speed trains from Deutsche Bahn
Siemens Mobility delivers 90 Velaro MS high-speed trains (ICE 3neo) for Deutsche Bahn. The first train of the ICE 3neo fleet started passenger service on December 5, 2022, just two and a half years after the first order.

Press release

Living room comfort at 300 km/h: First ICE with new interior design inaugurates service

  • Passengers can first experience the new interior design of the 17th ICE 3neo
  • New seats, functions, materials, and colors
  • DB to receive 73 more ICE 3neos with new interior design by 2028

Deutsche Bahn orders an additional 17 ICE 3neo trains from Siemens Mobility

  • ICE 3neo fleet grows to 90 trains
  • Additional order volume of around €600 million
  • High-speed climate protection thanks to short delivery times
  • Trains from first order already in service           

The new ICE: Delivered at record speed and ready to go

  • Record: ICE 3neo commissioned just two and a half years after ordering
  • First trip from Frankfurt/Main to Cologne
  • DB investing ten billion euros in expanding its long-distance fleet
  • 73 ICE 3neos by 2029

Billion-euro investment: Deutsche Bahn orders 43 new ICE trains

  • Order goes to Siemens
  • The new ICE: The ICE 3neo train presented in Berlin for first time
  • Enhanced comfort for passengers
  • New trains enter service at the end of 2022

DB invests one billion euros in new ICE: 30 additional ICE high-speed trains beginning in 2022

  • Future investment in strong rail system
  • New ICE trains to initially run between NRW and Munich
  • DB mainline fleet to grow 20 percent in coming years

Press pictures

In the picture from light to right: Dr. Michael Peterson, DB Board Member for Long Distance Passenger Transport, Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility
In the picture from light to right: Dr. Michael Peterson, DB Board Member for Long Distance Passenger Transport, Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility
In the picture from light to right: Dr. Michael Peterson, DB Board Member for Long Distance Passenger Transport, Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility
Copyright: Siemens Mobility / Patrick Kuschfeld
Copyright: Siemens Mobility / Patrick Kuschfeld
Copyright: Siemens Mobility / Patrick Kuschfeld
Copyright: Siemens Mobility / Patrick Kuschfeld
Copyright: Siemens Mobility / Patrick Kuschfeld
Deutsche Bahn orders an additional 17 ICE 3neo trains from Siemens Mobility
The new ICE: Delivered at record speed and ready to go

Copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

In this picture: Dr. Michael Peterson, DB CEO long-distance passenger transport, Christoph Seffrin, project manager Siemens Mobility; Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility; Stefan Ventoruzzo, project manager Deutsche Bahn

Copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

The new ICE: Delivered at record speed and ready to go

Copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

The new ICE: Delivered at record speed and ready to go

Copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

The new ICE: Delivered at record speed and ready to go

Copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

Dr. Richard Lutz, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Dr. Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG
The new ICE: Delivered at record speed and ready to go

Copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

Dr. Richard Lutz, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Dr. Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG

Recording of the press conferences from 2020 and 2022 (German)

Recording of the press conference in February 2022
Recording of the press conference in July 2020

Video

The new ICE 3neo trains will be manufactured at Siemens locations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Austria. Technically, the train is based on the proven platform of the ICE 3. The new trains will have 439 seats and a top speed of 320 km/h. They will offer passengers greater comfort and convenience with features like frequency-transparent windows for stable mobile phone reception and space for transporting bicycles
Footage of the ICE 3neo production at the Siemens Mobility plant in Krefeld, Germany

Contact

Eva Haupenthal

Siemens Mobility GmbH

+49 (152) 01654597

Dr. Michael Brinkmann

Deutsche Bahn AG

+49 (30) 297-61030

Link to this page
www.siemens.com/press/velaro-ms