- Metro Automation for Paris' future metro lines 15, 16 and 17 awarded
- The three new lines include 125 kilometers of tracks and 50 stations
- The project entails 12 phased sections and commissioning by 2030
- Most advanced signaling technology to equip 159 passenger trains and 27 work trains
- Associated maintenance services for 30 years
The Société du Grand Paris (SGP), which owns the Grand Paris Express project, awarded the Siemens Mobility and Thales consortium with the delivery of the Automated Train Control system that uses wireless Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) technology and the Operating Control Centers for the future new lines 15, 16 and 17, which will be completed by 2030. Siemens Mobility will design and implement the most advanced generation of its CBTC fully automated technology. It will complete the integration of the entire transportation system. Thales will design and implement the Operating Control Centers (centralized supervision of train traffic, energy systems, auxiliary equipment and digital information systems), as well as trackside equipment and a secure communication network.
- Siemens Mobility provides intelligent road infrastructure including, Road Side Unit (RSU), communications networking and telematics for near-real-time exchange of information between vehicles and infrastructure
- Facility uses automated and connected vehicle technology to prepare for tomorrow's roads
Today, the city of Düsseldorf officially opened a cutting-edge automated and connected vehicle test track, which is a 20 km road dedicated to the advancement of connected and autonomous vehicle technology. Featuring Siemens Mobility technology, the digital test field highlights the latest intelligent traffic technologies, which is preparing the region for automated and autonomous traffic of the future.
- Siemens Mobility equips 30,000 freight cars with smart sensors
- Digitalization improves customer service and transport efficiency in rail logistics
DB Cargo AG, Europe's leading rail freight carrier, has commissioned Siemens Mobility to digitalize a large part of its freight car fleet. A total of 30,000 freight cars will be equipped with the CTmobile freight sensor solution. With this system, DB Cargo can directly and continuously determine the cars' location. The sensor also provides information about load conditions. The freight cars will be equipped over a period of three years. Siemens Mobility will operate the system for six years, monitoring data acquisition and data flows through its central in-house CT server. The contract includes an option to equip up to 50,000 freight cars.
- Motto of the company's show: "Shaping connected mobility"
- Fair highlights: Digital Station, Interlocking in the Cloud and new Velaro Novo high-speed train with 30 percent lower energy consumption
- Digital solutions make infrastructures intelligent, improve passenger experience, guarantee availability and increase sustainability over the entire lifecycle
Under the motto "Shaping connected mobility" at the InnoTrans, Siemens Mobility is presenting digital innovations in an increasingly networked "total mobility system." The solutions will make rail transport even more efficient, safer and reliable.
- Siemens Mobility will manage contract from the Singapore MindSphere Application Center
- Rail Enterprise Asset Management System to enhance availability
Siemens Mobility and consortium partner ST Engineering Electronics Limited have been awarded an 18.8 million Singapore dollars contract by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to develop and implement a Rail Enterprise Asset Management System (REAMS). This digital program will be managed from the MindSphere Application Center in Singapore, one of Siemens' digitalization hubs. The facility was the first to integrate multi-disciplinary digitalization specialists from different Siemens businesses.
- Service on non-electrified rail lines
- Passenger tests planned in second half of 2019
- Eco-friendlier operation with up to 50 percent less CO2 emissions than with diesel engines
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Siemens Mobility are jointly investing in the future of passenger transport and are developing an electro-hybrid battery drive for trains. Today, both companies presented in Vienna the first result of this innovative pilot project, the prototype of the Desiro ML Cityjet eco. Operating as a battery-powered train, the Cityjet eco is an alternative for non-electrified rail lines primarily served at present with diesel-powered passenger trains. Battery operation can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 50 percent compared to diesels. Following extensive testing of the train, it is expected to first be used in passenger service in the second half of 2019. The prototype will be presented on track 1/400 in the outdoor exhibition area at the InnoTrans 2018, the leading international trade fair for transport technology, being held in Berlin on September 18-21.
- Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems will provide connected vehicle technology and smart traffic control infrastructure to the American Center for Mobility for automated and connected vehicle testing.
The American Center for Mobility (ACM) is excited to announce its second partnership with Siemens. Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) will now provide approximately $1 million in state-of-the-art ITS infrastructure, software, and engineering support to aid ACM in developing real-world testing and validation of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). The newest agreement between Siemens and ACM adds physical infrastructure, software applications, and analytics to the Virtual Simulation and Testing solutions provided by Siemens PLM, announced earlier this year. Under the terms of this new agreement Siemens ITS will also have a seat on ACM’s Industry Advisory Board (IAB).
- Rail Service Center inaugurated in Dortmund-Eving, Germany
- Digitalized service and maintenance of RXX trainsets for 32 years
- Contract specifies over 99 percent availability of RRX trains
Today, after one-and-a-half years of construction, Siemens Mobility is officially inaugurating the new maintenance depot for the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX). In the future, 75 employees in the Rail Service Center in Dortmund-Eving will service and maintain the 82 electric RXX Desiro HC multiple-unit trains for a period of 32 years. The digitalized and paperless concept ensures that the trains' contractually agreed availability of over 99 percent can be guaranteed.
- Joint research and development project with ViP Verkehrsbetriebe Potsdam GmbH
- World premiere at InnoTrans 2018
- Demonstration runs in real traffic
Siemens Mobility, together with ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH, will be presenting their research project on the world's first autonomous tram at InnoTrans 2018. On a six-kilometer section of the tram network in Potsdam, Germany, Siemens Mobility will be demonstrating a test tram driving autonomously in real traffic on September 18 through 21.
- Sustainable and economical solution for freight transport in Germany
- Combined diesel and electric locomotive
- Available from the end of September 2018
Siemens Mobility will be presenting a new locomotive at the InnoTrans 2018, the world's largest trade fair for railway technology. The Vectron Dual Mode can be operated as both a diesel and electric locomotive. On electrified sections of track, the new locomotive is powered by electricity to save fuel and reduce maintenance costs. The locomotive can be switched to diesel mode on non-electrified sections. The Vectron Dual Mode concept enables operators to increase their sustainable value throughout the locomotive's lifecycle. The locomotive has been designed for freight transport in Germany and can be ordered from the end of September 2018.