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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 | , Germany |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Michael Peter (CEO)[1] |
Services |
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Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 34,200 (2017)[2] |
Parent | Siemens |
Divisions |
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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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Braunschweig | Germany | ![]() |
Mobility Management | Cenelec Rail Technology & IT / OT Security | [13] |
Berlin | Germany | Mobility Management | |||
Sacramento, California | United States | Rolling Stock | Locomotives: Charger, Sprinter Light rail vehicles: S200, S700 Railcars: Venture |
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Goole | United Kingdom | Rolling Stock | Deep tube for London | ||
Krefeld | Germany | Rolling Stock | EMU and DMU: Velaro, Desiro and Mireo | [16] | |
Louisville, Kentucky | United States | Mobility Management | AREMA Rail Technology | [13] | |
Paris | France | Mobility Management | Siemens Mobility France (former Matra Transport) VAL NeoVal |
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Poole | United Kingdom | Mobility Management | Rail Technology & Communication equipment | [13][17] | |
Tres Cantos | Spain | Mobility Management | Rail Technology | ||
Melbourne | Australia | Mobility Management | |||
Munich | Germany | Rolling Stock | Locomotives: Vectron | ||
Erlangen | Germany | Rail Electrification
Customer Services |
Digital Services, Electrification AC & DC components | ||
New York | United States | ![]() |
Mobility Management
Customer Services |
Rail technology Digital Services |
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Warsaw | Poland | Mobility Regional Management
Rolling Stock |
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Vienna | Austria | Rolling Stock | Metro: Inspiro and New Tube for London Trams: Avenio VAL Viaggio Comfort |
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Lincoln | United Kingdom | Rolling Stock | Bogie Service Centre Class 374 Velaro Eurostar e320 Desiro EMU/DMU |
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Locomotives
Passenger coaches
Light Rail/Trams
People Mover
Metro/Subway
Maglev
Digital Services