Topic: Siemens Mobility

6,400 kilometres Belgium announces full ETCS deployment across the entire rail network

Belgium has achieved a major milestone in the modernisation of its rail network. Infrastructure manager Infrabel and the consortium consisting of Siemens Mobility and Equans…
OPENING DOORS TO INVESTMENTS ORR serving up rail development on a plate

There is a strong appetite to invest in rail. However, barriers hold back the market, says the official regulator in the UK. The Office of…
Siemens Mobility Dutch freight rail yard Kijfhoek now fully automated

The largest Dutch rail yard, Kijfhoek, is now fully automated. Siemens Mobility completed a 2021 project worth 110 million euros, implementing a system that increases…
a devastating loss Agustín Escobar, Siemens Mobility rail infrastructure CEO, dies in NYC river helicopter crash

Agustín Escobar, CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, has tragically died in a helicopter crash in New York City. Escobar was visiting the city…
ertms deployment DB Cargo UK tasks Siemens with Class 66s ETCS implementation

DB Cargo UK has contracted with Siemens Mobility to fit Class 66 locomotives with the new European Train Control System (ETCS). Work will begin in…
rolling stock retrofitting Freightliner goes in-house with onboard digital signalling

Freightliner in the UK has launched a partnership with Siemens Mobility to retrofit one of its Class 66 diesel locomotives with state-of-the-art European Train Control…
DB Cargo to get 146 hybrid, lighter locomotives from Siemens

DB Cargo ordered 146 Vectron Dual Mode light locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The new locomotives are several tonnes lighter than the usual Vectron Dual Mode.…
CargoUnit may purchase up to 100 locomotives from Siemens

The Polish locomotive leasing company CargoUnit may purchase up to one hundred Vectron MS and Smartron locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The two parties signed a…
Frankfurt-Mannheim railway: total closure between 1 and 22 January

The Riedbahn, the railway connecting Frankfurt with Mannheim, will be “fully closed to train traffic from 1-22 January”, Deutsche Bahn (DB) stated. The line is…
Siemens supplies Indian Railways with 1,200 electric locomotives in deal of the century

In the single largest locomotive order in the company’s history, Siemens Mobility will deliver 1,200 electric locomotives to Indian Railways. Producing 9,000 horsepower (HP), the…
Whole lotta locomotives: Akiem and Siemens keep doing business together

Akiem, a rolling stock leasing company co-owned by SNCF and DWS, ordered 65 Vectron AC and Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility. They will be…
First Smartron locomotive of Siemens on Romanian rails

Starting from 25 August, the Smartron locomotive manufactured by Siemens Mobility will be doing rounds on the Romanian network. The unit was officially handed over…