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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Transportation:
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Founded | 1989 (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 |
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Revenue | €9.69 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | 34,200 (2017) [2] |
Parent | Siemens |
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Website | mobility |
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]
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.
City | Country | Image | Business Unit | Products | Refs |
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Melbourne | Australia | Mobility Management | |||
Vienna | Austria | Rolling Stock | Metro: Inspiro and New Tube for London Trams: Avenio VAL Viaggio Comfort | ||
Châtillon | France | Mobility Management | Siemens Mobility France (former Matra Transport) VAL NeoVal | ||
Berlin | Germany | Mobility Management | |||
Braunschweig | Germany | Mobility Management | Cenelec Rail Technology & IT / OT Security | [13] | |
Erlangen | Germany | Rail Electrification Customer Services | Digital Services, Electrification AC & DC components | ||
Krefeld | Germany | Rolling Stock | EMU and DMU: Velaro, Desiro and Mireo | [14] | |
Munich | Germany | Rolling Stock | Locomotives: Vectron | ||
Warsaw | Poland | Mobility Regional Management Rolling Stock | |||
Tres Cantos | Spain | Mobility Management | Rail Technology | ||
Goole | United Kingdom | Rolling Stock | Deep tube for London | ||
Lincoln | United Kingdom | Rolling Stock | Bogie Service Centre Class 374 Velaro Eurostar e320 Desiro EMU/DMU | [15] | |
Poole | United Kingdom | Mobility Management | Rail Technology & Communication equipment | [13] [16] | |
Chippenham | United Kingdom | Signalling design and manufacturing | Westronic, Westcad, Westrace | ||
Lexington, North Carolina | United States | Rolling Stock | Locomotives: Charger, Sprinter Railcars: Venture Rail Technology | [17] [18] | |
Louisville, Kentucky | United States | Mobility Management | AREMA Rail Technology | [13] | |
New York | United States | 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] |
Locomotives
Passenger coaches
Light Rail/Trams
People Mover
Metro/Subway
Maglev
Railway Signalling
Digital Services
Competitors:
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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 application was approved by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in cooperation with renowned universities.
The Siemens Desiro is a family of diesel or electric multiple unit passenger trains developed by Siemens Mobility, a division of the German Siemens AG conglomerate. The main variants are the Desiro Classic, Desiro ML, Desiro UK and the later Desiro City, Desiro HC and Desiro RUS. The trains are mostly used for commuter and regional services, and their rapid acceleration makes them suitable for services with short distances between stations. The design is flexible, and has become common in many European countries.
Hyundai Rotem Co. is a South Korean company that manufactures rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment. It is a part of the Hyundai Motor Group. Its name was changed from Rotem to Hyundai Rotem in December 2007 to reflect the parent company. It is also called Hyundai Railroad Technology Systems.
Adtranz was a multi-national rail transportation equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the US. The company, legally known as ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation, was created in 1996 as a joint venture between ABB and Daimler-Benz to combine their rail equipment manufacturing operations. In 1999, DaimlerChrysler bought ABB's shares and changed the company's official name to DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems. The company was acquired by Bombardier in 2001, which merged it into its Bombardier Transportation division, which became the largest rail equipment manufacturer in the world at the time, and was ultimately acquired by Alstom in 2021.
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Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation had many regional offices, production and development facilities worldwide. It produced a wide range of products including passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion and controls. In February 2020, the company had 36,000 employees, and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations around the world. Formerly a division of Bombardier Inc., the company was acquired by French manufacturer Alstom on 29 January 2021.
The Shanghai maglev train (SMT) or Shanghai Transrapid is a magnetic levitation train (maglev) line that operates in Shanghai, China. The line uses the German Transrapid technology. The Shanghai maglev is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev and has a maximum cruising speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). Prior to May 2021 the cruising speed was 431 km/h (268 mph), at the time this made it the fastest train service in commercial operation.
The Siemens S70 and its successor, the Siemens S700, are a series of articulated low-floor light-rail vehicles (LRV) and modern streetcars manufactured for the United States market by Siemens Mobility, a division of German conglomerate Siemens AG. The series also includes a European tram-train variant, the Siemens Avanto.
The British Rail Class 332 was a type of electric multiple unit passenger train built between 1997 and 1998 by CAF, with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. Fourteen units were built for dedicated use on Heathrow Express services between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport.
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Stadler Rail AG is a Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock, with an original emphasis on regional train multiple units and trams, but moving also into underground, high speed, intercity and sleeper trains. It also produces niche products, such as being one of the last European manufacturers of rack railway rolling stock. Stadler Rail is headquartered at its place of origin in Bussnang, Switzerland. Stadler Rail employed 13,900 employees by 2023.
UGL Rail is an Australian rail company specialising in building, maintaining and refurbishing diesel locomotives, diesel and electric multiple units and freight wagons. It is a subsidiary of UGL and is based in Melbourne, with a staff of 1,200 across Australia and Asia. It operates factories in Broadmeadow (Newcastle, Spotswood and Bassendean. While it used to operate a factory in Taree, the plant was shut down and the equipment sold off.
CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. is a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer and a division of the CRRC. While the CRV emerged in 2002, the company's roots date back to the establishment of the Changchun Car Company in 1954. The company became a division of CNR Corporation before its merger with CSR to form the present CRRC. It has produced a variety of rolling stock for customers in China and abroad, including locomotives, passenger cars, multiple units, rapid transit and light rail vehicles. It has established technology transfer partnerships with several foreign railcar manufacturers, including Bombardier Transportation, Alstom, and Siemens Mobility.
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