- 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.
- Ramp up of global investment in new high-tech factories,
innovation labs and education centers to expand leadership in digitalization, automation
and sustainability
- Total investments
of €2 billion mainly in manufacturing capacity expansion to be disclosed this year
- Following investments in Germany and
in the U.S., Siemens expands its production network and R&D capacities in Asia
- New high-tech factory in Singapore announced
today to serve growing markets in Southeast Asia
- Expansion of digital factory in
Chengdu to boost further
growth in China
- Additional investments in Europe and U.S. to be
announced
To boost future growth, drive innovation and increase
resilience, Siemens today presented its investment strategy which includes €2
billion mainly for new manufacturing capacity as well as innovation labs,
education centers and other own sites. Siemens today announced a new high-tech factory in
Singapore, to serve the booming Southeast Asia markets.
Siemens Mobility Slovakia has been awarded a contract by the Slovak rail vehicle
manufacturer ŽOS Vrútky to retrofit up to 26 locomotives (option of three
additional locomotives) of the Czech railway company ČD Cargo (ČDC) with ETCS
Level 2 Technology. The locomotives class 240 will be equipped with the
ETCS Trainguard 200 on-board unit for operation across the Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Hungary. This project is the third project that Siemens Mobility
and ŽOS Vrútky are executing together. “We are honored about the renewed signs
of trust from ŽOS Vrútky. Our proven ETCS on-board technology will help ČD
Cargo to achieve their modernization and performance goals,” said Branislav
Voska, CEO of Siemens Mobility Slovakia. With ETCS Level 2, the locomotives
will be able to operate with a greater degree of efficiency while meeting the
European standards for interoperability.
- 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.
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Siemens
Mobility GmbH announced yesterday at the UITP Congress in Barcelona that they
will further intensify their collaboration to promote sustainability in rail
transportation. As part of the cooperation, new automation technologies will be
developed and tested to increase capacity and reduce energy consumption in rail
transportation by the UITP World Congress in 2025 and 2027. The joint focus
aims to make a concrete contribution to the set sustainability goals.
- 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.
- Siemens has partnered with UN Women Germany through the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) to train girls and young women in Africa in digital and further skills
- Hybrid event in Johannesburg kicks off the training program that starts operation now and will benefit over 600 young women across South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Rwanda and Uganda.
- Siemens has made €780,000 available to enhance employability and will provide laptops to all participants in order to support coding camps focused on digital literacy, coding, personal development and work readiness skills.
- In the context of a comprehensive 6-month mentoring program “SieMent EmpowHer,” developed by Siemens South Africa, the young women will spend a whole day with their experienced female mentors from around the world.
Siemens has partnered with United Nations (UN) Women Germany
for an upskilling program of more than 600 young African women in South Africa,
Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda. The joint initiative was launched in April 2022.
Now, the first round of workshops has started. A hybrid event, hosted by
Siemens South Africa, will kick off the African Girls Can Code (AGCCI) coding
camp and the SieMent EmpowHer mentorship program.
We have released our second quarter results for fiscal year 2023 on May 17, 2023. The Press Conference Call and the Analyst Call have been broadcast live.