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Press Release07 October 2020Siemens Mobility GmbHBerlin
Siemens Mobility wins German Mobility Award 2020
“With the RRX project, we have succeeded in
implementing a digitally networked, high-performance mobility solution for the
roughly ten million people living in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region,” said
Gerhard Greiter, CEO of Region Northeast Europe at Siemens Mobility.
“Everything in this project is digitally networked: trains, service centers,
logistics centers and employees. The improved punctuality of the trains and
their almost 100-percent availability underscore the success of the project.”
The
Rhine-Ruhr Express project is unique due to its sheer dimensions and scale of
innovation. Both, the trains and maintenance are provided by the same source.
Siemens Mobility is supplying a total of 84 state-of-the-art Desiro HC regional
trains and will be responsible for their maintenance and repairs until 2050.
The last train in the order will be delivered this year. The RRX is a true
regional project: Production, tests and maintenance are all carried out at
Siemens locations in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia.
About the German Mobility Award
The motto for this year’s innovative
mobility competition is: “Intelligent travel: Together. Networked. Mobile.”
Over 300 startups, companies, business associations and research institutions
across Germany submitted their projects for this year’s award. A jury of high-ranking experts from business,
the sciences, society and politics picked the ten winners of the competition.
The festive award ceremony will be held in November.
The initiators: “Germany – Land of Ideas” and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
With their jointly sponsored German Mobility
Award, the “Germany – Land of Ideas” initiative and the Federal Ministry of
Transport and Digital Infrastructure showcase intelligent mobility solutions
and digital innovations to a broader public. Deutsche Bahn and the Association
of German Transport Companies (VDV) are partners in the competition.
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.
Contact
Silke Thomson-Pottebohm
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Nonnendammallee 101
13629 Berlin
Germany
13629 Berlin
Germany
+49 174 306 3307