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.

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.

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. 

Further material is available at www.siemens.com/press/rrx and www.deutscher-mobilitätspreis.de