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Press Release15 March 2024Siemens MobilityHalle (Saale)
More efficiency for DB Cargo: Freight transport with two power options
In the picture (above): Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility, and Sigrid Nikutta, DB Board Member for Freight Transport and head of DB Cargo.
The
Vectron Dual Mode light has been specially optimized for DB Cargo's operational
requirements. Compared to a conventional Vectron Dual Mode, it is several tons
lighter for even more efficient operations and provides access to branch lines
and sidings with lower load capacities. This benefits single wagon loads, which will
become faster and more efficient as the time to reclamp locomotives will be
significantly reduced. In addition, the new generation of locomotives is
pre-equipped for digital train operations in the future.
Sigrid
Nikutta, Member of the Board of Management for Freight Transport at Deutsche
Bahn and Chairwoman of the Board of Management of DB Cargo: "This new generation of locomotives is important for DB
Cargo. Many customers will benefit from this and – important for all of us – the environment is the big winner.
If we operate this locomotive with green electricity and HVO diesel from cooking
oils, we offer our customers an almost CO2-free supply chain from start to
finish – without intermediate stops. All in all, the new generation of
locomotives will make rail freight transport more efficient in the long term.
And we can focus even more on the wishes and circumstances of our customers,
because the new locomotive can be used under all conditions."
"Our
state-of-the-art Vectron Dual Mode light reduces CO2 emissions, lowers
maintenance efforts, and ensures greater flexibility in freight transportation,”
says Michael Peter, CEO of Siemens Mobility. “On electrified sections of
the line, it is purely electric, while on sections without overhead lines, it
is possible to switch to conventional drive without changing locomotives. In
this way, we are supporting DB Cargo in implementing climate-friendly supply
chains right down to the 'last mile.' "Thanks to many digital
technologies and equipment on board, such as shunting by remote control or the
modern ETCS train control system, our locomotive is perfectly equipped for the
future for DB Cargo."
DB has
ordered 150 locomotives from Siemens Mobility in an initial order. With the use
of the new dual-power locomotives, DB Cargo will save around 12 million liters
of fuel and 25,000 tons of CO2 per year.
The first
locomotives will be used around Europe's most modern marshalling yard in Halle
(Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony where DB Cargo's customers in the region will
be the first to benefit.
DB Cargo's
goal is to equip around 70 percent of its diesel locomotives with innovative
drives by 2030.
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