- Maintenance for Vectron locomotives over a
period of 15 years
- Cloud-based Railigent X applications to ensure
efficient maintenance processes
Alpha Trains, the
leading locomotive and trains lessor in Europe, has awarded Siemens Mobility a
long-term service and maintenance contract. The contract covers the complete
maintenance of Vectron locomotives over a period of 15 years, including revisions
at the Siemens Rail Service Center in Munich-Allach. Maintenance of the
locomotives will be tailored to their operation and carried out as needed in
thirteen different countries at the Siemens Mobility Service facilities located
along the major trans-European rail corridors.
- Siemens Mobility and SWEG open depot for
battery-powered trains in Offenburg
- New home for sustainable mobility and
predictive maintenance to ensure 100% availability of the fleet
- 27 zero-emission Siemens trains expected to
enter service in Network 8 “Ortenau” in mid-December 2023 – a first in Germany
- SWEG and the State of Baden-Württemberg sign
transport contract for Network 8
- First public test run of Mireo Plus B battery
train completed
After only
one-and-a-half years of construction, Siemens Mobility is opening a new railway
workshop in Offenburg together with Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG).
The new, modern depot will be used to maintain the Siemens Mireo Plus B
battery-powered trains that are expected to enter service in the Network 8
“Ortenau” as of mid-December 2023 – a first in Germany. SWEG will lease the
depot to Siemens Mobility for 30 years from June 2023. As part of the opening
ceremony today, the Mireo Plus B also took its first public test run on the
route between Offenburg and Gengenbach. In addition, Baden-Württemberg’s
Transport Minister Winfried Hermann and SWEG CEOs Tobias Harms and Dr. Thilo
Grabo signed the transport contract for Network 8 transferring operation of the
network from the state to SWEG for 15 years as of December 10, 2023.
- First X-Wagen
metro now running on the U3 line – more trains follow
in the summer
- Innovative
digital passenger information and guidance system displays real-time
information above each door
- New air-free brake system
- Greater
comfort and security, optimal accessibility
The X-Wagen metro has
initiated passenger service on the Wiener Linien. After undergoing extensive
tests and receiving its operating permit, the first train of the new metro
generation officially began service on the U3 line this morning. The train’s
inaugural run was accompanied by Vienna City Councilor Peter Hanke and numerous
project participants from Wiener Linien and Siemens Mobility, among others.
- Snälltåget
implements Sqills S3 Passenger from Sqills, a subsidiary of Siemens Mobility
- Implementation
to support with longest night train route in the EU
- Increased
capacity, improved passenger experience
Swedish open-access rail operator Snälltåget has announced
that it will be implementing S3 Passenger, the dynamic pricing, inventory management,
and reservation system offered by Sqills, a Siemens Mobility
subsidiary. Snälltåget
and Sqills have opted for a phased approach in terms of
implementation: The Swedish operator will benefit from a short time-to-market
while adding more functionalities in the months after go-live. One feature that
Snälltåget will be using from the start is the support for cross-operator
cooperation as a way for providing through tickets. This will further improve
passenger comfort when booking long-
distance trips. S3 Passenger is based on the
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model and is part of the open, digital business
platform, Siemens Xcelerator, that enables customers to accelerate their
digital transformation easier,
faster and at scale.
- Acquisition strengthens Siemens Mobility's
position as a leading software supplier to rail customers
- Optrail S.r.l. provides algorithms for a new
generation of optimization-based Traffic Management Systems for rail
Siemens
Mobility has completed the acquisition of Optrail S.r.l., an Italian-based
technology company, that provides unique algorithms for Traffic Management
Systems – TMS – based on mathematical optimization methods and operations
research. The acquisition complements Siemens Mobility’s existing Train
Planning System – TPS – portfolio and strengthens its position as a leading
supplier of software solutions to rail customers. Optrail
will remain based in Rome, Italy, and its technology will be integrated into
Hacon’s existing TPS products. Hacon, a Siemens Company, is based in Hanover,
Germany, and an essential part of Siemens Mobility’s software unit.
- Contract to maintain 51-strong Class 185 train fleet gets extension for 8 years, until 2031
- Builds on success of recent digital upgrade by Siemens Mobility which means the trains remotely monitor their own condition through Railigent X
- Siemens Mobility will work with new operator TransPennine Trains Limited and train owner Eversholt Rail to ensure continued reliability across the fleet
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract
extension for the maintenance of the Class 185 fleet serving TransPennine
Express routes operating between Manchester, Sheffield and Cleethorpes and
Manchester to Hull from northwest of England depots. The majority of
maintenance work will take place at Ardwick Depot, Manchester and
subsidiary depots at York and Cleethorpes.
- 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
Siemens Mobility will
deliver an additional 17 ICE 3neo trains worth around €600 million to Deutsche
Bahn (DB). The ICE 3neo fleet, based on the Velaro MS platform, will then grow
to a total of 90 trains. Deutsche Bahn first ordered 30 ICE 3neo trains from
Siemens Mobility in July 2020, and called up 43 further trains in January 2022.
With this new order, the original framework agreement for 90 trains signed in
July 2020 has been completed. The ICE 3neo trains will be manufactured at the
Siemens Mobility plant in Krefeld and delivered by August 2028. Trains that
were first ordered have been in passenger service since December 2022, after
being built in record time.
- “Transform urban mobility for a better tomorrow” at booth A150 in Hall 6
- Highlights include: Train2Cloud, Digital Station, RailXplore, CoreShield OSA, Railigent X Application Suite and MoBase
- Panel discussions with Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility, and Johannes Emmelheinz, CEO of Customer Services
- UITP Summit 2023, 4. - 7. Juni 2023, Barcelona, Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Stand 6A150
Siemens
Mobility will present solutions that “Transform urban mobility for a better
tomorrow” at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit from June 4 – 7 in
Barcelona. Included is optimized life-cycle costs of rail infrastructure and
transport, 100% system availability, maximized network capacity and optimal
customer experiences and processes. These four
technological areas – integrated into Siemens Xcelerator as an interoperable,
open, and interconnected ecosystem – will help customers provide sustainable, comfortable,
and cost-efficient rail transportation.
- 40 Vectron locomotives including a 15-year full-service contract
- Operation from the Rhine to the Alps without changing locomotives
- Railigent X enables condition-based, predictive maintenance
- Order volume around €300 million
Siemens Mobility and FS Italiane Group, together with its subsidiary TX
Logistik AG, have signed a contract at the Transport Logistic trade fair in
Munich for the delivery of 40 Vectron locomotives. The order includes full-service
maintenance for 15 years plus an optional extension of service to the next
respective revision. The parties also agreed on an option for ordering 25
additional locomotives. The locomotives will be built at the Siemens Mobility
plant in Munich-Allach and are planned to haul freight along the Rhine-Alpine
Corridor. The total order volume is around €300 million.
- Siemens Mobility celebrates the 125th anniversary of its Krefeld rail vehicle plant
- Siemens has been based in Krefeld since 1989
- Production averages 600 rail vehicles per year “Made in Germany”
The Krefeld rail vehicle plant
is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Founded on March 16, 1898, as Waggon-Fabrik
A.G. Uerdingen, the plant was taken over by Siemens in 1989. The facility has grown
steadily since then and, with more than 2,000 employees working on the design,
development and production of state-of-the-art trains and electrical
components, is one of the most modern rail vehicle plants in the world.