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• Overall contract from Ruhrbahn GmbH for renewing control and safety technology by 2031
• Relay interlockings in Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, will be replaced by electronic interlockings
• Total investment worth around €180 million

Siemens Mobility and Ruhrbahn GmbH will digitalize control and safety technology dating from the 1970s in Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr by 2031 to ensure the system is fit for the future. The contract, worth around €180 million, was signed recently by the partners and includes digitalizing Europe’s largest light rail interlocking system at Essen Central Station. The modernization will make the interlocking system more reliable and energy efficient. Sixty percent of the costs for the renewal of the interlockings will be funded by the municipal rail renewal program with state and federal funds; the funding is currently expected to total around €96 million.

• Framework contract for 70 locomotives, including an initial order for 35 locomotives
• Multiple variants including Vectron Multi-System and Vectron Dual Mode
• Includes the first ever Vectrons for France
• Extension of the existing service contract to cover maintenance in Belgium and France

Alpha Trains, the largest private rolling stock lessor in Continental Europe, is proud to announce the expansion of its fleet by up to 70 Vectron locomotives. 

• Supplemental scope to design, supply, install, test, and commission power supply system for Cross Island Line
• Third order for Siemens Mobility on the Cross Island Line, following the orders for the Overhead Catenary Rigid Power Supply system and Trainguard MT CBTC signaling systems and full-height platform screen doors

Siemens Mobility has been appointed by the Singapore Land Transport Authority to lead a consortium with Concord Corporation Pte Ltd for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the power supply system for Singapore's eighth and newest Mass Rapid Transit system, the Cross Island Line. The contract value of the consortium has a volume of approximately 270 million Euros.

• 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.

• 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.  

• 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.

• 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.

• Production capacity increased, workforce expanded to meet growing demand.
• New gearbox production line inaugurated, competence center for converter cabinets established.
• Cornellà, an important supplier of traction motors, converters, and converter cabinets, now produces rail gearboxes.
• Traction components (trademark: MoComp) from Cornellà (Barcelona) used worldwide by numerous rail vehicle manufacturers.

Siemens Mobility has invested in its Cornellà factory to significantly expand production capacity and the product portfolio