- Siemens Mobility’s digital ecosystem
approach, allowing data from different sources to be integrated via APIs, leads
to more capacity and energy reduction
- Innovation
within train procurement: Mireo Smart and Smart Train Lease
- Presenting
the high-speed train Velaro for Egypt
- Siemens Mobility is showcasing its innovations
and solutions in hub27 at booth 230 and in the outdoor exhibition area
Siemens
Xcelerator’s unveiling at InnoTrans 2022 signaled the advent of a truly open
ecosystem for seamless digital collaboration. At InnoTrans 2024, Siemens
Mobility will showcase the rail industry’s huge potential to reduce society’s
overall carbon footprint, with digitalization as a key enabler. This includes optimizing
maintenance, maximizing the use of existing infrastructure, and providing
solutions for seamless travel. One of the biggest barriers to a full-hearted
adoption of digitalization, however, is vast quantities of data locked in
closed systems. The answer lies in accessing these data via standardized
application programming interfaces (APIs) and connecting them with AI-driven
analysis and evaluation tools. As a leading provider of technology, Siemens
Mobility has identified around 100 APIs within the rail ecosystem and has already
fully developed a dozen of them.
- Contract for
locomotives includes their maintenance for 15 years
- XLoad increases
hauling capability for Vectron locomotive
- Operating
approval for Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Italy
The Swiss company SBB
Cargo International AG, in cooperation with Südleasing GmbH, has ordered an
additional 20 Vectron multi-system locomotives equipped with the XLoad package.
The locomotives will be leased by SBB Cargo International from SüdLeasing in a
long-term contract with a flexible term. The contract also includes maintenance
of the locomotives by Siemens Mobility for 15 years. The Vectron XLoad package
improves the locomotive’s traction capability in order to increase its hauling
capacity and efficiency. Among other advantages, XLoad enables heavier trains
to be run in single traction on the Swiss north-south axis, eliminating the
need for a second four-axle booster locomotive. The Vectron locomotives have a
maximum speed of 160 km/h.
- Use in Salzburg Festival’s Großes Festspielhaus to be first-time application
- Digital twin to enable audio-visual experience of digital event spaces
- Software to simulate acoustics, orchestral formations and concert hall configurations
Siemens has developed a digital twin especially for large event spaces. The technology makes it possible to realistically reproduce and simulate very precisely a building’s acoustics and structure. The Sound of Science application will be used for the first time in the Großes Festspielhaus – the Large Festival Hall – at the Salzburg Festival. Sound of Science will enable event organizers to virtually explore how acoustics change in different spatial configurations – for example, how adding acoustic panels affects the listening experience – in order to select the optimal acoustic scenario. Orchestral formations on the stage can also be tested and arranged in advance – before a single note is heard in the real world. This approach saves money, resources and time.
- Berlin as a pioneer: World’s first installation
of an obstacle detection system on an S-Bahn in daily operation
- Installation and practical testing of an
innovative obstacle detection system in the latest 484 series S-Bahn train
conducted by Siemens Mobility with
S-Bahn Berlin and the Digital Rail Germany (DSD) initiative
- Goal: Develop assistance system for accident
prevention and driverless operation at low speeds
Automated operation is a key function for expanding
rail capacity and strengthening the performance of railways. Working together
with S-Bahn Berlin, Siemens Mobility has installed and will be testing an
obstacle detection system – a key technology component for enabling fully
automated driving – for the first time during regular daily operation.
Zermatt is a truly unique destination nestled in the Swiss Alps. The town is primarily renowned for its iconic Matterhorn Mountain, which stands at 4,478 meters and is one of the highest and most recognizable peaks in the Alps. Zermatt’s landscape includes 38 peaks over 4,000 meters. With around 2.5 million overnight stays recorded in 2023, Zermatt is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Switzerland. However, due to the town’s remote location and rugged terrain, Zermatt faces specific challenges. These include the need for reliable and sustainable infrastructure and the management of natural risks, such as avalanches and extreme weather events, which can disrupt infrastructure and pose safety concerns. These factors, combined with the altitude difference, oxygen-deficient air, and steep terrain, underscore the need for innovative solutions. For decades, together with its innovative customers, Siemens has been developing technological solutions to meet these challenges.
- Platinum medal awarded with 80 of 100 points
- Siemens ranked in the top 1 percent out of 73,000 companies assessed worldwide
Siemens has received 80 points in the latest EcoVadis
Sustainability Rating and was awarded with the highest recognition – the Platinum
medal. With this score, the technology company ranks in the top one percent of about
73,000 companies that were assessed worldwide by EcoVadis, a leading provider
of business sustainability ratings.
- 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.
- Companies sign Memorandum of Understanding to drive green energy transition through conversion of non-recyclable waste into clean energy for various applications
- Siemens to provide consultancy and technology, including applications from its Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, spanning automation, digitalization, electrification, and instrumentation
- Boson Energy aims to establish over 300 plants, producing 1 million tons of hydrogen by 2030
Boson Energy and Siemens
AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate collaboration
on technology that converts non-recyclable waste into clean energy. The
collaboration aims to advance sustainable, local energy security, enabling
hydrogen-powered electric vehicle charging infrastructure without compromising
grid stability or impacting consumer prices.
- Groundbreaking in Berlin for Siemensstadt Square “district of the future”
- Global blueprint for scalable urban brownfield development with
technologies from Siemens Xcelerator platform
- End-to-end digital twin combines all levels of the city: campus, building and
energy
- Comprehensive energy design and Europe’s largest wastewater heat
exchanger of its type to enable net zero
- Living space for up to 7,000 people, up to 20,000 additional jobs and
digitalization of industrial production to make district fit for the future
- By 2035, Siemens to invest €750 million and develop Siemensstadt Square
into a hub for partnerships with total project volume of up to €4.5 billion
In the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, Siemens today held the groundbreaking ceremony in Berlin for one of Europe’s largest urban development projects. Around 35,000 people will live and work at Siemensstadt Square, which will have an area of roughly 188 acres and floorspace of more than a million square meters. The project is a blueprint for the effective design of urban brownfield development projects and industrial transformation worldwide. Digital technologies from the entire Siemens Xcelerator platform – from an end-to-end digital twin to artificial intelligence (AI) – will make the district livable and fit for the future.
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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.