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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.
Contact
Silke Thomson-Pottebohm
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Nonnendammallee 101
13629 Berlin
Germany
13629 Berlin
Germany
+49 174 306 3307