Siemens Mobility

Not to be confused with Siemens Mobile.

Siemens Mobility GmbH
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation:
Founded1989 (Siemens Traffic Technology division)
1 August 2018 (restructured)
FounderWerner von Siemens
HeadquartersMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Area served
Global
Key people
Michael Peter (CEO)[1]
Services
RevenueIncrease €9.69 billion (2022)
Number of employees
34,200 (2017)[2]
ParentSiemens
Divisions
  • Mobility Management
  • Rail Electrification
  • Rolling Stock
  • Customer Services[2]
Websitemobility.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]

History

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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

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City Country Image Business Unit Products Refs
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

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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]

Products

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Locomotives

Siemens Charger locomotives and Venture trainsets in Florida, U.S.

EMU and DMU

Velaro EMU used in Spain

Passenger coaches

Viaggio Comfort trainset in Austria

Light Rail/Trams

S700 light rail vehicle in San Diego, California, U.S.

People Mover

Metro/Subway

Inspiro metro cars in Warsaw, Poland

Maglev

Transrapid maglev train at Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China

Railway Signalling

Digital Services

See also

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Competitors:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Peter and Soussan to head Siemens Mobility Division". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d N, N. "Siemens Company Presentation" (PDF). Press - Siemens Global Website. Siemens AG. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Annual Reports". siemens.com Global Website. SIEMENS. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Siemens Mobility is on-track". Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ Gittings, John (January 2003). "China claims train blue riband with Maglev". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ^ "China Maglev". Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Siemens acquuires Invensys Rail" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Siemens acquuires Hacon". 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Siemens and Alstom join forces to create a European Champion in Mobility". Siemens. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. ^ Briginshaw, David (1 November 2017). "Will the Siemens Alstom merger live up to expectations?". International Railway Journal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  11. ^ Chassany, Anne-Sylvaine (26 September 2017). "France backs Alstom-Siemens train deal". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Mergers: Commission prohibits Siemens' proposed acquisition of Alstom". europa.eu. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Siemens Mobility Management: Rethinking Rail & Road. Expand. Optimize. Integrate" (PDF). Siemens Mobility. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Siemens Mobility Plant Krefeld-Uerdingen" (PDF). Siemens Mobility. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  15. ^ Siemens, Silke Thomson-Pottebohm (26 November 2018). "Siemens £8m bogie facility in Lincoln now open". Siemens. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  16. ^ Slade, Darren (6 September 2016). "Pictures: 50 years of Siemens in Poole (it's where the bar code was invented)". Daily Echo. Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Investing in The Future of Rail in Lexington, North Carolina". Siemens Mobility Global. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Follow Our Progress in Lexington". Siemens Mobility Global. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Siemens Moving California Fact Sheet" (PDF) (Press release). Siemens Mobility. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  20. ^ Anderson, Mark (29 January 2021). "Siemens Mobility to expand train repair depot at McClellan, add jobs". Sacramento Business Journal. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Hardware enforced Cybersecurity". 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Siemens Data Analytics services". Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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