Siemens Mobility
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Siemens Mobility GmbH is a part of Siemens. It helps people travel using trains and other rail systems. The company is based in Munich and works all around the world.
Siemens Mobility has four main areas of work. These include:
- Creating smart traffic systems
- Building parts that make trains go
- Designing the trains themselves
- Helping customers with their rail needs
Siemens Mobility plays an important role in making sure trains and railways work well for everyone.
History
Siemens has been a leader in transportation since the late 1800s. They created the first electric train and the first electric tram in Berlin. These inventions helped make electric power common in transportation.
Later, Siemens helped build the first underground railway in Budapest and invented the first electric trolleybus. In 2002, Siemens was part of a team that built the Shanghai Maglev, the world’s first high-speed magnetic levitation train. In 2012, Siemens bought a company called Invensys Rail. In 2018, they showed the world’s first driverless tram in Berlin.
Key locations
| City | Country | Image | Business Unit | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Australia | Mobility Management | Rail Technology | |
| 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 | |
| Erlangen | Germany | Rail Electrification Customer Services | Digital Services, Electrification AC & DC components | |
| Krefeld | Germany | Rolling Stock | EMU and DMU: Velaro, Desiro and Mireo | |
| Munich (Allach) | Germany | Rolling Stock | Locomotives: Vectron | |
| Warsaw | Poland | Mobility Regional Management Rolling Stock | ||
| Kragujevac | Serbia | Rolling Stock | Trams: Avenio Avenio Plus | |
| 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 | |
| Poole | United Kingdom | Mobility Management | Rail Technology & Communication equipment | |
| Chippenham | United Kingdom | Signaling design and manufacturing | Westronic, Westcad, Westrace | |
| Lexington, North Carolina | United States | Rolling Stock | Locomotives: Charger, Sprinter Railcars: Venture Rail Technology | |
| Louisville, Kentucky | United States | Mobility Management | AREMA Rail Technology | |
| 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 | |
| Dahod | India | Rolling Stock |
Products
Siemens Mobility makes many kinds of trains and train parts. Some of their products are special train engines called locomotives, like the Sprinter and the Vectron. They also build passenger train cars and light rail or tram cars, such as the Avenio and Combino.
They create systems to help trains move safely, like the Trainguard MT, and offer digital services to help passengers plan trips and buy tickets. Some of their train cars are used in cities around the world, like in Singapore and Shanghai.
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