Digitalization will revolutionize the way we travel. Today, everyone expects to get from point A to point B quickly and efficiently. The vision: autonomous systems which communicate with one another. Intelligent intersections and information signs woring in concert with vehicles to make traffic safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.
From April 5 through 8, Siemens was keeping the world up to speed with its traffic control developments. During these four days, the company was presenting its latest road transport management innovations at Intertraffic.
- New technology reduces electricity costs and enhances safety
- Low energy consumption of just one to two watts per light signal
- Installations in Germany and Italy
Siemens has used new technology to improve the energy efficiency of traffic lights by more than 85 percent, a huge benefit for city budgets and for the environment. A typical intersection with bulb-based technology and around 55 traffic signals (red, yellow and green) can now avoid more than 6.000 kilograms of harmful carbon emissions a year. This has been made possible by installing so-called "1-watt technology" which Siemens will be presenting for the first time at the Intertraffic 2016, running from April 5 through 8 in Amsterdam. The first pilot projects are up and running in Bolzano, Italy and in Bietigheim-Bissingen near Stuttgart in Southern Germany.
- Part of Egyptian National Railways modernization program
- Commissioning scheduled for 2020
On behalf of the Egyptian National Railways (ENR), Siemens is supplying signaling technology for 260 kilometers of rail corridors from Zagazig to Abu Kebir in the north of Cairo and from Benha to Port Said, a strategic port situated on the northern end of the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea. "The existing mechanical interlocking systems will be being replaced by modern, state-of-the-art centrally controlled electronic systems. This will enable both the safety and throughput of passenger trains to be increased, as well as the freight volume on the routes", says Jochen Eickholt, CEO of the Siemens Mobility Division. Commissioning of the route is scheduled for 2020.
Copenhagen's S-tog (commuter rail system) is the backbone of the capital's public mass transit network. It carries around 350,000 passengers a day - and that number is growing all the time. This reflects the growth in the metropolitan area around the Danish capital where more than one fifth of the entire population of Denmark now lives. So, in the space of six years, Siemens will equip Copenhagen's entire commuter rail network with the Trainguard MT train control system which uses Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) to automate operation. This has made it possible to reduce train headways from 120 seconds to 70 seconds within the inner-city area.
The first phase; the newly opened 25 kilometer section of Line A runs from the suburb of Hillerod in the north to Jaegersborg east of the capital and will be used by more than 70.000 commuters a day. Once the complete network is open, up to 84 trains an hour will travel on the core network - equivalent to more than 1 million passengers per year. The remaining phases will enter passenger service in the coming years.
- Siemens rail technology reduces train headways by around 25 percent
- up to 84 trains an hour will travel on the core network
- making the S-Bane more attractive to commuters and reducing private transport
Siemens is currently equipping the entire 170 kilometers of the dual-track commuter rail network with a Communications-Based Train Control System. The project is divided into six phases. The first phase; the newly opened 25 kilometer line runs from the suburb of Hillerod in the north to Jaegersborg east of the capital and will be used by more than 70.000 commuters a day. Once the complete network is open, up to 84 trains an hour will travel on the core network - equivalent to more than 100 million passengers per year. The remaining phases will enter passenger service in the coming years.
- 20 metro trains and train control system
- Option for ten additional trains after a line extension
- New line is to go into service in 2019
- Contract value without option of around 140 million euros
Metropolitan EAD, the metro operator of Sofia, Bulgaria, commissioned a consortium consisting of Siemens and the Polish train manufacturer Newag for equipping the new metro line 3 in the capital of Bulgaria. The order is worth around 140 million euros and comprises the delivery of 20 Inspiro type metro trains and the Trainguard MT automatic train protection system, using wireless CBTC technology (communications-based train control) to achieve automatic operation. An option for ten more trains and the related automation system is also part of the contract. The line is planned to be put into operation in 2019.
- Expansion as digital industrial company still in full swing
- High number of new hires expected in coming years
- Industrial transformation at Process Industries and Drives to require adjustments in years ahead
- Competitiveness to be secured by bundling manufacturing network
Now that its realignment is complete, Siemens is driving its transformation into a digital industrial company and setting the course for innovation and further growth. As a result of the previously announced increase of more than €1 billion in investment in research and development, productivity and global sales, Siemens will keep the number of new hires at a continuously high level in the years ahead. In particular, the company expects to hire at least 25,000 new employees worldwide in each of the coming years – around 3,000 of them in Germany.
- More than 150,000 Siemens employees now own company shares
- Employee share ownership up six percent year-over-year
- Siemens distributes €47 million in shares to employee shareholders
More and more Siemens employees are investing in their company. Of 348,000 active employees worldwide, about 153,000 – or roughly 44 percent of Siemens' total workforce – currently own company shares. This is a six percent increase over last year's figure of 144,000 employee shareholders. This year, globally, more than 120,000 employees – or about 38 percent of all eligible employees – took part in the centerpiece, the Siemens' Share Matching Program. This is around eight percent more than in the previous year and a very high figure compared to similar global share programs. After a three-year holding period, participating employees receive one matching share at no additional expense for every three shares held. This year, Siemens distributed around 539,000 of these matching shares with a total value of about €47 million. Overall, nearly 80,000 employees in 65 countries profited from the distribution. Program participants have long-term investment horizons: 84 percent of all employee shareholders still hold their matching shares even three years after receiving them.
- Awards for regional train platform of type Desiro HC and restroom unit design for trains
- First deployment on Rhine-Ruhr Express
The new regional train platform of the type Desiro HC as well as the new universal restroom unit for trains each received an iF Design Award in the Product category. Both developments from Siemens will enter passenger service for the first time at the end of 2018 as the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) in the greater Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany.
- 67 Inspiro type metro vehicles
- 2 and 4-car trains designed for the region's extreme climate
- Certification runs will start in 2016 in Germany
For the first time, Siemens has presented its new Inspiro type metro vehicle for the world's biggest mass transit project. With six lines and a total route length of 175 kilometers, Riyadh is building the world's largest metro project. The Siemens order includes the metro trains, electrification system, and signaling and communication equipment for driverless operation on Lines 1 and 2. Siemens was awarded the order in 2013 by the High Commission for Urban Development (ArRiyadh Development Authority), with its share worth a total of some 1.5 billion euros.