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Press Release04 May 2020Siemens Mobility GmbHMunich
Siemens Mobility sells 1,000th Vectron locomotive
"The
sale of the 1,000th Vectron is a success that underscores the long-standing
trust and satisfaction of our customers. Designed for operating throughout
Europe, the Vectron enables cross-border transport without changing
locomotives. They create transport corridors across borders, ensuring
efficient, ecofriendly and reliable European rail transport," said Sabrina
Soussan, CEO of Siemens Mobility.
“We are
strongly focused on our ability to ensure sustainable public transport with
proven electric-based platforms in our modernization of DSB’s rolling stock
fleet. We are, of course, looking forward to receiving all the Vectron
locomotives we have ordered from Siemens Mobility, and the fact that we will
receive locomotive number 1,000 shows that it is possible to establish
standardized and off-the-shelf products in the railway industry,” said Jürgen
Müller, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Rolling Stock, DSB.
The Vectron
is used for both freight and passenger service. The locomotives can be
delivered as a purely electric version operating on either alternating current (AC)
or direct current (DC), or as a multisystem (MS) variant. The Vectrons have a
power output of 5.2 or 6.4 megawatts. For freight transport in selected
countries, Siemens Mobility also has the standard Smartron locomotive as well
as the Vectron Dual Mode, a combined diesel and electric locomotive, in its
portfolio.
The Vectron
locomotives have already accumulated more than 300 million fleet kilometers of
service and are certified for operating in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the
Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. The Vectron has also recently been approved
for operating in Belgium.
Including this
new order, the Vectron fleet operated by DSB has grown to 42 locomotives. The
company ordered its first 34 AC Vectrons from Siemens Mobility in 2018 and
2019. The locomotives will be used for passenger service in Denmark. Deliveries
will start at the end of 2020.
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Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2019, which ended on September 30, 2019, the former Siemens Mobility Division posted revenue of €8.9 billion and had around 36,800 employees worldwide. Further information is available at:
www.siemens.com/mobility.
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Contact
Eva Haupenthal
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81739 Munich
Germany
81739 Munich
Germany
+49 (89) 636-24421