Siemens Mobility GmbH is a division of

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...

. With its global headquarters in

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, Siemens Mobility has four core business units: Mobility Management, dedicated to rail technology and intelligent traffic systems, Railway Electrification, Rolling Stock, and Customer Services.

History

Innovations from the late 19th century, such as the world's first electric train, when

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unveiled a train in which power was supplied through the rails, and the world's first electric tram, with the implementation of 2.5-kilometer-long electric tramway located in Berlin, built at the company's own expense, cemented the use of electric power in transportation systems. In the following years, inventions such as the first electric

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, mine locomotives, and the first underground railway in continental Europe (in

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), set the path from trams and subways to today's high-speed trains.

, alongside

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and Transrapid International, was part of the German consortium that built the Shanghai Maglev, inaugurated in 2002 by the German chancellor,

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, and the Chinese premier,

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. It was the world's first commercial high-speed

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train, which holds the title of the fastest commercial service, travelling up to 430 km/h. In November 2012, Siemens acquired Invensys Rail for £1.7 billion. In July 2017, Siemens confirmed it had taken over

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-based software company HaCon, to be managed as a separate legal entity. The financial details were not disclosed. In September 2017, Siemens announced a proposal to merge its transportation division with

Alstom Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...

, with the objective of creating "a new European champion in the rail industry". The combined rail business, to be named Siemens Alstom and headquartered in Paris, would have had $18 billion U.S. in revenue and employed 62,300 people in more than 60 countries. It was seen as a measure to counter the rise of China's

CRRC CRRC Corporation Limited (known as CRRC) is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens. ...

with support from both the French and German governments. However, in February 2019, the

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refused permission for the merger to proceed. During Innotrans in September 2018, Siemens Mobility unveiled the world's first driverless tram in

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, the result of a joint research and development project with ViP Verkehrsbetriebe Potsdam, on a six-kilometre section of the tram network in Potsdam, Germany.

Key locations

Products

Locomotives Brightline Trains at Workshop b

* Vectron * Asiarunner * Eurorunner *

EuroSprinter The EuroSprinter family of electric locomotives is a modular concept of locomotives for the European market built by Siemens Mobility. The internal Siemens product name is ES 64, with ES for EuroSprinter and the number 64 indicating the 6,400 ...

* E40 AG-V1 (E40AC) * Korail Class 8200 * NSB Di6 * NSB Di8 * Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) * Charger * SNCB Class 77 * VSFT G 322

EMU The emu (; ''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is a species of flightless bird endemism, endemic to Australia, where it is the Tallest extant birds, tallest native bird. It is the only extant taxon, extant member of the genus ''Dromaius'' and the ...

and DMU

* ICx * ÖBB Class 4011 *

ÖBB Class 4020 The ÖBB class 4020 of the Austrian Federal Railways, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) are electric multiple units (EMU) developed by Simmering-Graz-Pauker, Simmering-Graz-Pauker (SGP). In the narrower sense, 4020 is the designation of the railc ...

* Velaro EMU ** Eurostar e320 ** TCDD HT80000 ** AVE Class 103 ** CRH3 **

Sapsan The ''Sapsan'' ( ), also known as Velaro RUS EVS, is a Russian gauge high speed electric express train. The train is a Siemens Velaro model, which in turn is based on the ICE 3M/F high-speed trains manufactured by Siemens Mobility for Russi ...

* Mireo EMU * Desiro EMU/DMU ** Desiro Double Deck ***

SBB-CFF-FFS RABe 514 The RABe 514 is a Swiss locomotive and railcar classification, class of four-car Bilevel rail car, double-decker electric multiple unit used by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) for the Zurich S-Bahn. It is part of the Siemens Desiro, Siemens Des ...

British Rail Class 185 The British Rail Class 185 Siemens Desiro, ''Desiro'' is a class of Diesel multiple unit#Diesel–hydraulic, diesel-hydraulic Multiple unit, multiple-unit (DHMU) passenger trains built by Siemens Transportation Systems in Germany for the train o ...

British Rail Class 350 The British Rail Class 350 ''Desiro'' is a class of electric multiple unit passenger train built by Siemens Transportation Systems to its Siemens Desiro, Desiro design between 2004 and 2014. All 87 are now operated by West Midlands Trains, havin ...

British Rail Class 360 The British Rail Class 360 is an electric multiple unit class that was built by Siemens Mobility on its Siemens Desiro, Desiro platform between 2002 and 2005 for First Great Eastern and Heathrow Connect. The remaining members of the class are o ...

British Rail Class 380 The British Rail Class 380 ''Desiro'' is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train that operates on the National Rail network in Scotland, for ScotRail. The Class 380 operates various routes out of Glasgow Central station, Glasgow Centr ...

British Rail Class 444 The British Rail Class 444 ''Desiro'' is an electric multiple-unit passenger train built by Siemens Transportation Systems in Austria between 2002 and 2004. The Class 444 currently operate on express passenger services for South Western Railw ...

British Rail Class 450 The British Rail Class 450 ''Siemens Desiro, Desiro'' is a type of Third rail, third-rail Direct current, DC electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train that entered service during 2003. Used for outer-suburban services, the units were built ...

** British Rail Class 700 ** British Rail Class 707 **

British Rail Class 717 The British Rail Class 717 ''Desiro City'' is an electric multiple unit passenger train built by Siemens Mobility, currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway on its Thameslink and Great Northern, Great Northern Hertford Loop and Welwyn stop ...

* British Rail Class 332 - bodywork built by CAF * British Rail Class 333 - bodywork built by CAF * Nexas Passenger coaches * Venture * Viaggio Classic * Viaggio Comfort * Viaggio Light * Siemens Viaggio Next Level * Viaggio Twin - double deck coach Light Rail/Trams SDT 5000 Series

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first generation/

Frankfurt U-Bahn The Frankfurt U-Bahn is a Stadtbahn ( premetro) system serving Frankfurt, Germany. Together with the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and the tram network, it forms the backbone of the public transport system in Frankfurt. Its name derives from the German te ...

: U2 *North American second generation: SD-100/SD-160, SD-400/SD-460, SD660 *North American third generation: S200, S700/S70/Avanto * Avenio * Combino *

Ultra Low Floor The Ultra Low Floor tram (ULF) is a low-floor tram operating in Vienna, Austria, and Oradea, Romania, built by a consortium composed of Siemens Mobility, Siemens and :de:ELIN, ELIN in Vienna. It has the lowest floor-height of any such vehicle. ...

tram * P2000 People Mover * VAL series - acquired from

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** VAL 208 - used by CDGVAL,

Rennes Metro The Rennes Metro () () is a Medium-capacity rail system, light metro system serving the city of Rennes in Brittany, France. Opened on 19 March 2002, it made Rennes the smallest city in the world to have a metro system from 2002 to 2008. Current ...

U Line The U Line is a driverless, fully automatic, grade-separated light metro line in Uijeongbu, Seoul Capital Area, South Korea. The "U" is short for the city Uijeongbu. The line uses Véhicule Automatique Léger (VAL) 208 trains built by Siemen ...

, Turin Metro ** VAL 206 - used by Orlyval, Toulouse Metro ** AIRVAL - used by Suvarnabhumi Airport Metro/Subway * Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Siemens C651 * Modular Metro * Inspiro *

Tren Urbano The ''Tren Urbano'' (English language, English: Urban Train) is a List of automated urban metro subway systems, automated rapid transit system serving the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, main metropolitan area of Puerto Rico ...

- customized train set *

Blue Line (MBTA) The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, one of MBTA subway, four rapid transit lines operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It runs from Bowdoin (MBTA station), Bowdoin station ...

- 0700 Series * Taipei Metro C321 * Taipei Metro C341 *

Oslo Metro The Oslo Metro ( or or simply ) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of five lines that all run through the city centre, with a total leng ...

OS MX3000 Maglev *

Transrapid Transrapid () is a German-developed high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation. Planning for the system started in the late 1960s, with a test facility in Emsland, Germany, inaugurated in 1983. In 1991, technical readiness for ...

(

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) Railway Signalling *

Trainguard MT Trainguard MT is a communication-based train control (CBTC) developed by Siemens Transportation Systems (ex ''Matra Transport international'', and now integrated into Siemens Mobility) which allows fully automated circulation of rapid transit trai ...

- a signalling block systems based on CBTC Digital Services * Data Capture Unit (DCU) - Secure connectivity * Railigent (CS) - Data Analytics * Rail Mall (CS) - Spare parts eCommerce * Intermodal solutions (IMS) - Passenger Apps (planning & eTickets) Notes Some R160 cars were installed with Siemens propulsions. This was done after the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Tr ...

tested a propulsion variant on its R143 cars.

References

Hardware enforced Cybersecurity

Monitoring safety-critical railway networks using unidirectional gateways - Data Capture unit

The application of Smart Data Services in interlocking systems - Data Capture Unit

Innovative freight solutions on automated rail operations - Siemens Mobility Freight & Products

External links

* {{Authority control Siemens Companies based in Berlin Rolling stock manufacturers of Germany Rail infrastructure manufacturers Railway signalling manufacturers

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