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Press Release19 January 2024Siemens MobilityMunich
Siemens Mobility delivers first 70 Mireo regional and long-distance trains to ÖBB
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Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility: “Siemens Mobility
and ÖBB have long enjoyed a strong and trusting partnership. We are especially
proud to deliver a further development of the Mireo platform to ÖBB as a single
car concept for the company’s new fleet. With their numerous innovations,
cross-border operating capability, and high level of passenger comfort and
convenience, the new Mireo trains will help make ÖBB’s local and regional
transport even more attractive.”
"With the additional 70 multiple-unit trains, we are
consistently continuing our investment programme in a modern fleet. The new
trains have a speed of 160 km/h and offer increased passenger comfort,
barrier-free boarding, the option of transporting bicycles and Wi-Fi. In
addition, a special focus was placed on efficient energy consumption," emphasizes
ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä.
The order consists of eleven 73-metre-long local trains and
28 106-metre-long trains for use in various federal regions. 31 trainsets with
a length of 106 metres for long-distance transport within the Alps complete the
first call-off.
The most modern European Train Control System [ETCS] from
Siemens Mobility will be used for controlling the train. In conjunction with
the appropriate infrastructure, the system enables significantly shorter train
intervals, which is an important economic factor on particularly busy routes.
The Mireo’s lightweight construction and resulting low energy
consumption, as well as its air conditioning systems using a natural
refrigerant and a heat pump, ensure greater sustainability. The trainsets are
especially environmentally friendly thanks to their low energy consumption. The
car bodies are aluminum, and a new lightweight construction technology is also
used for the inner bearing bogies.
Austrian know-how provides greater comfort for passengers
The SF7500 bogies, which were developed at the Siemens Mobility competence center for train bogies in Graz and have long since proven their worth internationally, will be used on the Mireos. In contrast to previous Mireo trains, in which two cars share one so-called “Jacobs bogie”, each ÖBB Mireo car has two bogies. Several of them throughout the train are powered by high-performance traction motors, ensuring acceleration that is optimally balanced between traction and energy efficiency. The bogies are designed with inner bearings to save weight and space, and the extra space gained is used for relocating other components beneath the car body. This improves the train’s handling and gives passengers more room and an enhanced spatial experience.
The SF7500 bogies, which were developed at the Siemens Mobility competence center for train bogies in Graz and have long since proven their worth internationally, will be used on the Mireos. In contrast to previous Mireo trains, in which two cars share one so-called “Jacobs bogie”, each ÖBB Mireo car has two bogies. Several of them throughout the train are powered by high-performance traction motors, ensuring acceleration that is optimally balanced between traction and energy efficiency. The bogies are designed with inner bearings to save weight and space, and the extra space gained is used for relocating other components beneath the car body. This improves the train’s handling and gives passengers more room and an enhanced spatial experience.
The Mireo trains will be built within our global network of train
manufacturing facilities. The state-of-the-art bogies will be manufactured at
the Siemens Mobility competence center in Graz.
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