- Key section of the Blue Line extension enters revenue service
- Features 14 new metro trains
- Greater availability and enhanced passenger experience
- Turnkey project includes metro trains, rail infrastructure, system integration, project management as well as service and maintenance
Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) and CH. Karnchang Public Company Limited launched revenue service on a key section of the Blue Line Extension in late September. BEM is operating 14 new metro cars delivered by Siemens Mobility on the extension. This is the latest milestone of the turnkey project which include delivering 35 three-car metro trains, the signaling system, the traction power supply, passenger information system, SCADA, depot workshop equipment, system integration and project management as well as a 10-year maintenance contract for the line’s expansion project. The full Blue Line extension will be commissioned in spring 2020.
A key milestone on the way to independence: Siemens Energy presented its new management team to its employees today. In addition to an Executive Board, the company will have an expanded international management team, the Group Management Committee. Once Siemens Energy becomes a legally separate entity, this team will be instrumental in implementing the company’s strategic approach. “Announcing the management team is a further critical step on the way to becoming an independent company and an energy pure play. It will enable Siemens Energy to further develop its management system and then focus fully on the requirements of its customers and markets,” said Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG.
- Pakistan’s K-Electric awarded Siemens and China’s Harbin Electric International a contract to build a 900-megawatt combined cycle power plant at the Bin Qasim Power Complex in Karachi
- Siemens to supply two F-class gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and condensers
Siemens along with partner Harbin Electric International, signed an agreement with K-Electric to build a 900-megawatt combined cycle power plant at the Bin Qasim Power Complex in Karachi.
The VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nuremberg has ordered 27 type G1 four-car metro trains from Siemens Mobility. The contract also includes an option for a total of a further 7 trains. These trains are earmarked for service on Nuremberg's U1 line. The trains will be built in the Siemens Mobility plant in Vienna. Core components of the G1 will be manufactured in the Nuremberg metropolitan area and include such products as the drive converters, traction motors, auxiliary converter units and control equipment. The project management, development and service support will be provided from Erlangen.
- Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) Certification
- Supports cutting-edge intelligent infrastructure
- Certificate given at ITS World Congress
Siemens Mobility’ traffic light controller “Sitraffic sX” is certified as compatible with the urban traffic control system SCATS (a registered trademark Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System). New South Wales’ agency for road infrastructure and owner of the registered trademark SCATS system, Road and Maritime Services (RMS), has granted Siemens the certification after a substantial period of integration development and testing. The Compatibility Certificate confirms that Siemens Mobility’s “Sitraffic sX” traffic light controller has been tested and evaluated by RMS to functionally operate with SCATS. The official hand-over of the Certificate from RMS to Siemens Mobility took place during a ceremony at the 26th ITS World Congress 2019 in Singapore at Siemens Mobility booth.
- 25 multisystem Vectron MS locomotives for maximum flexibility
- Cross-border operations on the North-South Corridor
- Deliveries begin at the end of 2020
The Swiss rail freight company BLS Cargo has ordered 25 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility for planned operation on the North-South Corridor. They will be used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. Delivery of the locomotives will be carried out in several phases from the end of 2020 to 2025. With this order, the Vectron fleet operated by BLS Cargo will grow to a total of 40 locomotives. The company previously ordered 15 locomotives from Siemens Mobility in 2015.
With growing populations, cities are becoming increasingly congested, with more traffic and longer commutes. Efficiency and safety of road traffic remain top priority for many cities. By offering autonomous shuttle systems, public transport operators and cities seek to draw passengers and make public transport more attractive. At the ITS World Congress in Singapore, Siemens Mobility is examining how Singapore is transforming its transportation ecosystem, delivering an outlook on intelligent traffic systems (ITS) projects within the Asia-Pacific region as well as showcasing advances in autonomous mobility coming to life at the CETRAN test facility.
- Shared Autonomous Mobility solutions being piloted at CETRAN
- Mobility Operating Systems for Urban Centers
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) for traffic scenarios
Siemens Mobility is showcasing the latest in intelligent traffic systems technology at this year’s ITS World Congress taking place in Singapore. This includes mobility operating systems that are helping reduce gridlock on urban streets, which centralize and control traffic throughout urban areas. By connecting road users to road and infrastructure data captured via smart structures, drivers can optimize their routes and reduce their environmental impact. Through data analysis and prediction, traffic can be regulated in an efficient manner.
- Business to be officially renamed as
of April 2020
- Employees’ favorite selected
At an internal management conference, Siemens today announced the name of the new energy company that it is creating. The business, which combines the worlds of conventional and renewable energy and is to become an independent company in the future, is to be called Siemens Energy. The new name will officially take effect once the energy business becomes a separate legal entity, which is expected to happen in April 2020. Siemens Energy is to be spun off as a publicly listed company by September 2020. Its offerings will address a significant portion of the value chain across the oil and gas, power generation, and power transmission segments, including the related service activities. On a pro-forma basis, Siemens Energy generates about €27 billion in revenue and has some 88,000 employees worldwide as well as an order backlog of €70 billion. Today, 20 percent of the world’s energy supply is already based on Siemens technology.