- Demonstration running in California near two largest U.S. Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
- Siemens truck electrification technology has potential to reduce emissions and improve air quality
Siemens and the "South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)" are running a one-mile, zero-emission eHighway demonstration in the Californian city of Carson, U.S., near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Three trucks hauling freight are running along the stretch of highway which uses Siemens technology to electrify select highway lanes via an overhead catenary system. This catenary system supplies the trucks with electric power, similar to how modern-day trolleys or streetcars are powered on many city streets. The system also allows for truck operation outside of the electrified sections of infrastructure.
Siemens has received an order from the Qatar Foundation for the turnkey construction of a tram system in the capital Doha aimed at transforming Qatar into a knowledge-based society. The order is worth more than 100 million euros. The scope of supply also includes signaling and communication systems, electrification as well as the depot equipment. Siemens will also be equipping four of the stations with platform edge doors. Nineteen Avenio trams will run on 11.5 kilometers of track without any overhead contact lines. The system will be installed on the university campus and serve 25 stations. The trams will be equipped with the Sitras HES energy storage system from Siemens, with energy being supplied at the tram stops.
- World premiere: Existing GoA4 line upgraded to
latest generation CBTC driverless automation system to boost capacity, reliability,
and efficiency for Paris metro operator RATP on behalf of Île-de-France
Mobilités
- Upgraded
line enables driverless automated train operation along the route doubled
in length, now also connecting Orly Airport to central Paris
- Line
remained in operations throughout the project that will serve one million
passengers daily by 2025
Siemens Mobility and RATP (Régie
autonome des transports Parisiens) have successfully modernized and extended the
automated Line 14 of the Paris metro. This world premiere marks the first
migration of an automated driverless (GoA4 – Grade of Automation) metro line to
the latest generation GoA4 driverless automated system “Trainguard MT CBTC”. The
new system, which was implemented during the past six years during passenger
services, enables more efficient and reliable services on the line that has
doubled in length by 14 kilometers due to extensions to the North and South.
With a remarkable headway of 85 seconds along its entire 28 km route, Line 14
is now the longest line in the Paris network and will eventually accommodate
over one million passengers daily. The expansion enables passengers to travel
from Orly Airport to Paris city center in 20 minutes and from the northern business
districts in Saint-Denis Pleyel to Orly Airport in just 40 minutes. With its
improved capacity, reliability, and efficiency, Line 14 serves as the backbone
of Paris' public transportation system, connecting to the future Grand Paris
Express network. Over six years, more than 250 Siemens Mobility engineers
contributed to this project, with over 500,000 hours of engineering.
- Migration
to the highest grade of automation (GoA4)
- Delivery
of onboard equipment for 226 new trains
- Project
will be commissioned in five phases; fully automated by 2033
- Total
order volume of approximately 270m Euros
Siemens Mobility will upgrade the entire 170 kilometers long S-bane
network in Copenhagen to the highest grade of automation (GoA4 technology) to
enable unattended train operations starting with the first phase in 2030. Respective
contracts have been signed with Banedanmark (BDK) and
DSB recently including the necessary signaling equipment for trains and
wayside. GoA4 will allow the operator to run more trains in the entire system, enhance
the level of passenger experience, secure the current punctuality rate and will
future-proof the network. The new contracts have a total volume of about 270m
Euros and build on the original contract from 2011 to equip the Copenhagen
S-train network with the Communications-Based Train Control System [CBTC].
- U5 and U8 metro lines to receive modern
Trainguard MT train control system for semi-automated (GoA2) operation
- With CBTC, headways can be shortened, and line capacity increased
by up to 30%; conversion to be completed by 2032 during ongoing operations
Siemens
Mobility has won the tender from Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe [BVG] and will
introduce a Communications-Based Train Control System [CBTC] on the U5 and U8
metro lines in Berlin for the first time. The state-of-the-art Trainguard MT CBTC
solution will enable semi-automated operation (GoA2: Grade of Automation) on
the U5 line by 2029 and on the U8 line by 2032, increasing capacity on these
lines by around 30%. Technically speaking, CBTC technology even allows headways
of less than 100 seconds. This technological advance will also significantly
improve the reliability and punctuality of the two metro lines. Siemens
Mobility will carry out the conversion during ongoing operations so that trains
on both lines of Germany’s largest metro system can continue to run
uninterrupted throughout the entire project. The contract has a volume of
approximately 200 million euros, plus additional long-term technology
maintenance contracts.
- First cross-country project in the Middle East and Arab World connecting
the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to Sohar in the
Sultanate of Oman; length of 303km
- The Oman section of the network marks the first railway system to be
delivered in history of the Sultanate of Oman
Siemens Mobility, together with its consortium partner Hassan Allam Construction, is
honored to announce that it has been awarded the Abu Dhabi – Sohar Design and
Build Railway Systems and Integration contract by Oman – Etihad Rail, a joint
venture co-owned by the two countries to deliver this network. Siemens Mobility and
Hassan Allam Construction will deliver the design, build and integration of the ETCS
Level 2 signaling, telecom and power supply systems over the 303-kilometer-long
Abu Dhabi – Sohar railway link. The signaling solutions are state-of-the art and
desert-proof. This project marks the first-ever cross-country railway network in the
Middle East and Arab world.
- Communications-based Train Control
(CBTC) Signaling system and Platform Screen Doors (PSD) to be provided on for
Cross Island Line in Singapore
- The intelligent infrastructure will
provide greater availability, enhanced operations, and will improve passenger
experience
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract
by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to provide a signaling system
(CBTC) and full-height platform screen doors (PSD) for the Cross Island Line
(CRL). The order is worth approximately €310 million.
- East Rail Line Cross-Harbour Extension equipped with new signaling system officially opens for revenue service
- 46 km East Rail Line now connects Chinese Mainland border, New Territories, Kowloon to Central Business Districts on Hong Kong Island
- Automatic train control system on the whole East Rail Line enhances operational efficiency
The East Rail Line Cross-Harbour Extension in Hong Kong successfully commenced passenger service on May 15, 2022, with Siemens Mobility’s Communications-Based Train Control system (CBTC). This completes the automation of the 46 km long East Rail Line connecting the Chinese Mainland border to the central business areas on Hong Kong Island and becomes the fourth railway line crossing Victoria Harbour. The Siemens Mobility digitalized signaling system helps provide passengers with the ability to reach the commercial, convention and financial hubs in the Wan Chai North and Admiralty areas in a faster, safer, and more seamless way.
- Hamburger
Hochbahn and Siemens Mobility are building the train control system of tomorrow
for Hamburg’s U2 and U4 lines
- Significant
increase in capacity: trains will be able to run at 100-second intervals
Between now and 2030, a state-of-the-art digital train
control system from Siemens Mobility will be installed as an upgrade to the
conventional train control system used by operator Hamburger Hochbahn
(HOCHBAHN) on its U2 and U4 subway lines. The new technology, known as CBTC
(communication-based train control), will allow trains to run at shorter
intervals of only 100 seconds, which will put significantly more trains on the
track in the future, thereby increasing capacity. In addition, CBTC also
improves punctuality, reliability, and energy consumption.
- Expansion of existing partnership with transit
operator Metrolinx
- Increasing system availability and reliability for
Toronto’s passenger railway system
Siemens
Mobility has been chosen by Metrolinx, the regional public transit operator
for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to handle their track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance for the
Central Region of Toronto's passenger railway infrastructure system. This
partnership builds upon Siemens Mobility's existing maintenance services in the
West Region and signal and communications services at the Metrolinx Network
Operations Center.