- Standard locomotive for freight transport in Germany
- Smart concept: One version, one contract, one price
- Already approved for operation
Siemens is offering a new locomotive for service in Germany: The Smartron is tailored for a specific transport function and utilizes all the advantages provided by standardization. As a preconfigured locomotive, the Smartron has been conceived for transporting freight in Germany and ensures customers cost-efficient operation and the highest safety standards. The Smartron has already received approval for operating in Germany. The locomotives can now be ordered and will be delivered beginning late in 2018. The first locomotive of the new series is immediately available to customers for test runs and demonstration.
- Contract worth around €340 million
- Maintenance contract for three years
- Velaro fleet will grow to 17 trains
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has signed a contract for ten Velaro high-speed trains with Siemens, which submitted the most favorable bid in the tender. The contract is worth around €340 million and also includes maintenance, repair and cleaning of the trains for a period of three years. With this contract, the Turkish Velaro fleet will grow to 17 trains.
- High-power charging stations for electric buses
- Elimination of noise pollution and harmful emissions
Siemens signed a frame contract with Movia, the largest public transport authority in Denmark, to deliver charging stations with a top-down pantograph for electric buses on request of their municipalities. The contract is a good example of how corporation between public authorities and private companies can help to improve climate change.
- Tram system as turnkey project
- 28 km double track with 29 stations
- 27 four-car Avenio trams
- 15-year maintenance included
In a consortium with the general infrastructure contractor Per Aarsleff A/S, Siemens has received an order to build a light rail system in Copenhagen, Denmark, from urban transport development company Greater Copenhagen Light Rail I/S. The contract includes 27 four-car Avenio trams, rail electrification, signaling, communication, workshop equipment, overall project management and system integration. The contract will be implemented as a turnkey project. The contract also includes maintenance services for 15 years. Commissioning of the system is planned for 2024.
- Award for the Doha Avenio
- Jury convinced by futuristic design
The Siemens Avenio tram for Doha, in the Emirate of Qatar, has been honored with the iF Design Award 2018. Siemens developed the prize-winning design together with the "Yellow Window" design agency. Clean lines, generous white surfaces and darkened windows characterize the tram's exterior. The interior has a bright and airy ambience, while special sun shades on the roof and tinted insulated glass maintain comfortable interior temperatures. Subtly styled seat fabrics and elegantly designed grab poles underscore the tram's modern character and provide a pleasing passenger experience.
- Siemens to build 34 fully automated metro trains for Vienna
- New passenger information system for improved travel comfort
- Higher capacity and more flexible use thanks to new interior design
- Contract signed at the end of 2017
Vienna's Environment Councilor Ulli Sima, Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, the mass transit operator of Austria's capital, and Siemens today presented the design for the new Vienna metro. The six-car trains, called "X cars," carry on the design elements of the city's existing trains and at the same time fulfill the most modern international safety standards. The trains can be walked through from end to end and feature an open and bright interior. The newly arranged seating layout offers an improved sense of spaciousness, optimizes passenger flows and provides barrier-free access to wheelchair and multiple-purpose spaces. A transparent partition behind the driver's cab offers passengers a new perspective of the metro line.
- Bremer Straßenbahn AG exercises option in 2017 contract
- Siemens builds a total of 77 trams
- Delivery of the additional trams begins in 2021
The German operator Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG) has ordered an additional ten Avenio trams from Siemens, exercising an option in a contract signed in June 2017, when BSAG ordered 67 Avenio trams. Including the new order, the Hanseatic city’s fleet of Siemens trams will grow to a total of 77. Delivery of the newly ordered trams will begin in 2021.