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Feature05 December 2022,
updated05 December 2022Siemens MobilityMunich
Siemens Mobility delivers
73 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
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
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
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
By 2026, 421 ICE trains with 220,000 seats will be operating on Germany’s
rail system. In addition to the 30 new ICE trains just ordered, there is an
option for an additional 60 trains.
The new ICE 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 440 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.