LATEST NEWS

57 multiple-unit regional trains from Siemens for Deutsche Bahn

Siemens will deliver 57 Mireo trainsets to DB Regio AG, the local transport arm of Deutsche Bahn. Following the product’s launch in the summer of 2016, this is the second order for Siemens’ new regional and commuter train platform. The Mireos will serve the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn (regional suburban rail network). The trains will be built at the company’s factory in Krefeld, Germany.

“We’re especially pleased by the trust DB Regio is placing in us with this follow-up order. This marks a further important milestone for the latest generation of our regional train, the Mireo. The Mireo combines a high level of performance, comfortable passenger experience and optimal flexibility over the train’s entire lifecycle,” said Sabrina Soussan, CEO of Siemens’ high-speed trains, regional trains and locomotives business.

Customers for the Mireo are the Ministry for Transportation in Baden-Württemberg, the Zweckverband Schienenpersonennahverkehr Rheinland-Pfalz Süd (special-purpose association for regional rail transportation Rhineland-Palatinate south) (ZSPNV RLP Süd) and the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH (VRN – Rhine-Neckar Public Transport Network). When the trains are delivered, ownership will be transferred to a state company and they will be leased by DB Regio for the duration of the 14-year transport contract. The Mireo will operate as an S-Bahn on the future lines S5, S6, S8 and S9 in the Rhine-Neckar region. In addition, it will serve as the “Murgtäler Radexpress” on the route between the cities of Mannheim and Baiersbronn. Commissioning will follow in two stages: Service on routes in the states of Baden-Württemberg and southern Hesse will begin in December 2020, while service on the Mannheim – Mainz route largely in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate will begin operation in December 2021.

Top Image: In Germany alone by 2030, around six to ten million people who live in urban areas will travel by rail daily. At the same time the requirement for performance, cost-effectiveness, punctuality, environmental awareness, safety and customer satisfaction is increasing. The new regional and commuter train platform from Siemens has been designed especially with these future requirements in mind.

Lihi

Recent Posts

NewPhotonics® and Tower Semiconductor Begin High-Volume Shipments of Laser-Integrated, Serviceable Optical Engine PICs for Scale-Out and Scale Up AI Interconnect

Companies commercialize scale manufacturability of 800G to 1.6T PICs in external pluggable and CPX MSA…

12 hours ago

Samtec 1.0 mm Connectors Capable of DC to 120 GHz

Samtec, Inc., the service leader in the connector industry, announces the release of its 1.0…

1 day ago

LaFontaine Automotive Group Partners with UVeye to Offer Complimentary AI Vehicle Safety Scans Across Michigan

LaFontaine’s 40+ locations across Michigan will bring UVeye’s “MRI for Cars” technology closer to drivers…

3 days ago

Startup ChikChak Market Launches Israel’s first Reels-Based Marketplace for Secondhand Goods

After 3 years of development by alumni of TikTok and Google, the Israeli startup is…

3 days ago

Analog Devices to Acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 Billion, Expanding Its Edge AI Platform

The planned acquisition will combine Analog Devices’ sensing, signal-processing, power and connectivity technologies with Alif’s…

4 days ago

Kyocera and Tohoku University Integrate Optical Isolator Directly on Silicon Photonics

A locally applied laser-annealing process enabled the researchers to crystallise magneto-optical garnet without exposing the…

4 days ago