Siemens Mobility

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Siemens Mobility GmbH
Company type Subsidiary
IndustryTransportation:
Founded1989 (Siemens Traffic Technology division)
1 August 2018 (restructured)
Founder Werner von Siemens
Headquarters Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Area served
Global
Key people
Michael Peter (CEO) [1]
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg 9.69 billion (2022)
Number of employees
34,200 (2017) [2]
Parent Siemens
Divisions
  • Mobility Management
  • Rail Electrification
  • Rolling Stock
  • Customer Services [2]
Website mobility.siemens.com
Footnotes /references
Financial figures are for fiscal year 2022. [3]

Siemens Mobility is a division of Siemens. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens Mobility has four core business units: Mobility Management, dedicated to rail technology and intelligent traffic systems, Railway Electrification, Rolling Stock, and Customer Services. [2]

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History

Innovations from the late 19th century, such as the world's first electric train, when Siemens & Halske 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 trolleybus, mine locomotives, and the first underground railway in continental Europe (in Budapest), set the path from trams and subways to today's high-speed trains. [4]

Siemens, alongside ThyssenKrupp and Transrapid International, was part of the German consortium that built the Shanghai Maglev, inaugurated in 2002 by the German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, and the Chinese premier, Zhu Rongji. [5] It was the world's first commercial high-speed magnetic levitation train, which holds the title of the fastest commercial service, travelling up to 430 km/h. [6]

In November 2012, Siemens acquired Invensys Rail for £1.7 billion. [7]

In July 2017, Siemens confirmed it had taken over Hannover-based software company HaCon, to be managed as a separate legal entity. The financial details were not disclosed. [8]

In September 2017, Siemens announced a proposal to merge its transportation division with Alstom, with the objective of creating "a new European champion in the rail industry". [9] 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. [10] It was seen as a measure to counter the rise of China's CRRC with support from both the French and German governments. [11] However, in February 2019, the European Commission refused permission for the merger to proceed. [12]

During Innotrans in September 2018, Siemens Mobility unveiled the world's first driverless tram in Berlin, 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

CityCountryImageBusiness UnitProductsRefs
Melbourne AustraliaMobility Management
Vienna AustriaRolling StockMetro: Inspiro and New Tube for London
Trams: Avenio
VAL
Viaggio Comfort
Châtillon FranceMobility ManagementSiemens Mobility France (former Matra Transport)
VAL
NeoVal
Berlin GermanyMobility Management
Braunschweig Germany Braunschweig Siemens Mobility.jpg Mobility Management Cenelec Rail Technology & IT / OT Security [13]
Erlangen Germany Siemens-Verwaltung in Erlangen 2014 "Himbeerpalast".JPG Rail Electrification

Customer Services

Digital Services, Electrification AC & DC components
Krefeld GermanyRolling StockEMU and DMU: Velaro, Desiro and Mireo [14]
Munich GermanyRolling StockLocomotives: Vectron
Warsaw Poland Mobility Regional Management

Rolling Stock

Tres Cantos SpainMobility ManagementRail Technology
Goole United Kingdom Rolling StockDeep tube for London
Lincoln United Kingdom Rolling StockBogie Service Centre
Class 374 Velaro Eurostar e320
Desiro EMU/DMU
[15]
Poole United Kingdom Mobility ManagementRail Technology & Communication equipment [13] [16]
Chippenham United Kingdom Signalling design and manufacturingWestronic, Westcad, Westrace
Lexington, North Carolina United StatesRolling StockLocomotives: Charger, Sprinter
Railcars: Venture

Rail Technology

[17] [18]
Louisville, Kentucky United StatesMobility Management AREMA Rail Technology [13]
New York United States Image-Grand central Station Outside Night 2.jpg Mobility Management

Customer Services

Rail technology
Digital Services
Sacramento, California United States Rolling Stock Locomotives: Charger, Sprinter
Light rail vehicles: S200, S700
Railcars: Venture
[19] [20]

Products

Locomotives

Siemens Charger locomotives and Venture trainsets in Florida, U.S. Brightline Trains at Workshop b.jpg
Siemens Charger locomotives and Venture trainsets in Florida, U.S.

EMU and DMU

Velaro EMU used in Spain RENFE Class 103 Vinaixa.jpg
Velaro EMU used in Spain

Passenger coaches

Viaggio Comfort trainset in Austria RJ 596 near Pfarrwerfen, 13.12.2016.jpg
Viaggio Comfort trainset in Austria

Light Rail/Trams

S700 light rail vehicle in San Diego, California, U.S. SDT 5000 Series.jpg
S700 light rail vehicle in San Diego, California, U.S.

People Mover

Metro/Subway

Inspiro metro cars in Warsaw, Poland Siemens Inspiro, Metro Warszawskie (16753246185).jpg
Inspiro metro cars in Warsaw, Poland

Maglev

Transrapid maglev train at Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China A maglev train coming out, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai.jpg
Transrapid maglev train at Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China

Railway Signalling

Digital Services

See also

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