Siemens Mobility news

  • Northumblerland Line event in Ashington (Photo Northern)
    Rail Business UK

    Northumberland Line service from Newcastle to Ashington launched

    2024-12-17T11:00:00Z

    UK: Cheers greeted the arrival of the first Northumberland Line passenger service at Ashington station on December 15, more than 60 years after services to Newcastle were withdrawn in November 1964 and the route became freight-only. Initially only the new stations at Ashington and Seaton Delaval ...

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    Siemens awarded Spanish signalling and communications enhancement contract

    2024-12-15T07:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Siemens Rail Automation a €21·6m contract to renew the safety and communications systems at Grisén station, northwest of Zaragoza on the Madrid to Barcelona conventional line. This is the junction for a short branch serving an Opel car factory. The ...

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    Metro Report International

    King inaugurates Riyadh Metro ahead of public opening

    2024-11-28T15:18:00Z

    SAUDI ARABIA: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud officially inaugurated the Riyadh Metro as the future backbone of the capital’s public transport network on November 27. A phased opening to passengers is planned between December 1 and January 5.

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    Metro-North unveils bi-mode locos to increase electric operation

    2024-11-06T13:00:00Z

    USA: New York MTA has unveiled the first of the Siemens Mobility SC42-DM Charger electro-diesel locomotives which will enable it to increase the use of electric traction on Metro-North Railroad commuter services. The operator’s existing batch of GE P32AC-DM locos use electric power only in the ...

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    Interview: ČD sees fleet renewal opportunity despite ‘tedious’ approval task

    2024-11-05T11:00:00Z

    Michal Krapinec, Chairman & Director General of Czech national operator České Dráhy, unveils his strategy for developing domestic and international passenger services to Toma Bačić.

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    New leasing company awards 50-locomotive framework contract

    2024-10-18T15:29:00Z

    AUSTRIA: New entrant to the European full-service locomotive leasing market Green Mobility Partners has awarded Siemens Mobility a framework contract covering the supply and support of up to 50 locomotives. There is a firm order for eight Vectron MS electric locos and around-the-clock support, with an ...

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    Metro Report International

    London Underground train production underway in Goole

    2024-10-15T11:00:00Z

    Metro Report International visits the factory in Goole where Siemens Mobility is producing trains for London Underground’s Piccadidlly Line

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    ComfortJet trainsets deployed on Praha – Berlin route

    2024-10-10T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Czech national operator České Dráhy has begun using ComfortJet long-distance trainsets on the Berliner international service from Praha to Berlin. This follows their entry into service on domestic routes in June. ‘We are symbolically starting a new phase of putting our ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Siemens Mobility announces further UK investment at opening of Goole train factory

    2024-10-08T10:15:00Z

    UK: Siemens Mobility announced new investment of up to £40m and the creation of up to a further 300 jobs when Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan attended the official opening of its £200m Goole Rail Village on October ...

  • The co-operation agreement was celebrated in Berlin on September 25 by Plasser & Theurer CEO Johannes Max-Theurer, and Andre Rodenbeck, then CEO of the Rail Infrastructure business unit at Siemens Mobility.
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    Yellow machines to get ETCS under Plasser – Siemens accord

    2024-10-02T09:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Plasser & Theurer has signed a partnership agreement with Siemens Mobility to support the equipping of on-track machinery with the European Train Control System. The partnership agreement, which will initially run for three years, builds on earlier co-operation between the two companies to fit ETCS on ...

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    Beacon orders more multi-system locos

    2024-10-02T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Leasing company Beacon has signed a framework agreement for Siemens Mobility to supply Vectron Multi System electric locomotives, with an initial order for 25. The order announced on September 30 will take Beacon’s Vectron fleet to more than 180 locomotives. ‘A modern and reliable locomotive ...

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    LTO batteries to offer performance advantages for hydrogen trains

    2024-10-01T05:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Saft is supplying lithium titanium oxide batteries for the hybrid fuel cell and battery traction system on seven Siemens Mobility Mireo Plus H hydrogen multiple-units. The batteries will be mainly used during acceleration to compensate for the power limitations of the fuel cells, and during ...

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    Leasing company to expand Vectron fleet

    2024-09-30T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: RS Lease has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract for the ‘fast’ delivery of 30 Vectron Multi System electric locomotives, with an option for 35 more including Dual Mode variants. The locomotives with a output of up to 6·4 MW and maximum speed of up to ...

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    Velaro high speed train designed for Egypt’s hot and sandy conditions

    2024-09-27T09:32:00Z

    EGYPT: The first of the 250 km/h Velaro high speed trains that Siemens Mobility is building for the 2 000 km turnkey rail system being developed in Egypt has been unveiled at the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin. In a short event the train ...

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    Bayern branding highlights Land’s backing for S-Bahn fleet

    2024-09-25T14:05:00Z

    INNOTRANS: The future appearance of the 90 extra-long electric multiple-units which Siemens Mobility is to supply for München S-Bahn services was unveiled by Bayern Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter at InnoTrans on September 25. The livery, developed by design studio Neomind, is based on the Land of Bayern’s ...

  • Siemens Rail Automation has announced a restructuring of its signalling and train control activities.
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    Signaling X launched to harmonise main line and urban rail data management

    2024-09-24T09:06:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Ahead of the opening of the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin, Siemens Mobility launched the latest iteration of digitalisation programme on September 23, branded Signaling X.

  • DSB train hauled by Vectron (Photo: Jens Hasse/Chili Foto/DSB)
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    DSB selects Sqills’ S3 Passenger ticketing inventory system

    2024-09-20T13:00:00Z

    DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB has selected the S3 Passenger platform from Siemens Mobility subsidiary Sqills to replace its legacy inventory management system covering all its main line services. The contract runs for 12 years, and can be extended by another 12 years. Features of S3 ...

  • eu-new Nightjet cars launched on OeBB route to Roma-Bacic (2)
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    Cross-border complexity puts brakes on Nightjet expansion

    2024-09-12T11:42:00Z

    EUROPE: Further expansion of Austrian Federal Railways’ Nightjet overnight train network beyond the routes already announced is on hold amid ongoing operational and approvals challenges, according to ÖBB.

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    American Pioneer 220 high speed trains to offer a comfortable ride past traffic on the freeway

    2024-09-11T13:00:00Z

    USA: Brightline West and Siemens Mobility have unveiled a scale model and renderings of the American Pioneer 220 high speed trainsets designed to operate at up to 355 km/h on the planned high speed line linking Las Vegas with Rancho Cucamonga east of Los Angeles. Siemens ...

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    Siemens Mobility confirms location for $60m US high speed train factory

    2024-09-10T11:59:00Z

    USA: Siemens Mobility has selected a site at Horseheads in upstate New York to produce American Pioneer 220 high speed trainsets for the Brightline West project to link Las Vegas with southern California. Brightline West said these would be ‘the first true high speed train sets ...