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Infrastructure & Cites Sector / Mobility and Logistics Division / Rail Systems Division / Smart Grid Division

Vienna, 2013-Mar-14

Press conference ahead of the UITP 2013

At this year's international public transport fair UITP in Geneva, Switzerland, Siemens will be showing the latest developments for integrated, resource-conserving, economical and convenient urban mass transit: on show will be a power control system for rail power supply, energy-storage systems for catenary-free urban transit systems, solutions for the optimum use of rail infrastructure, an IT-based platform for the planning, booking and invoicing of multimodal travel, plus Europe's first fully electric bus to enter regular service.

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Vienna, Mar 14, 2013

Cities en route to future mobility

At this year's international public transport fair UITP in Geneva, Switzerland, Siemens will be showing the latest developments for integrated, resource-conserving, economical and convenient urban mass transit: on show will be a power control system for rail power supply, energy-storage systems for catenary-free urban transit systems, solutions for the optimum use of rail infrastructure, an IT-based platform for the planning, booking and invoicing of multimodal travel, plus Europe's first fully electric bus to enter regular service.

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Press Conference

Launch of the UITP World Congress 2013... As always, Siemens provides the public with news prior to the trade show. Sandra Gott-Karlbauer, CEO of the Urban Transport Business Unit (IC RL UT), Mirko Düsel, CEO of the Rail Electrification Busin...

Traffic control center Vienna to control t... Siemens supplied Vienna with the road traffic management system to control the flow of cars in the city center, thus significantly improving and optimizing the flow of traffic in Greater Vienna. In ad...

Central control room monitors and coordina... The control and security center in Wien-Erdberg is the heart of Vienna's underground system and is among one of the world's most advanced control and security centers. Up to 50 people control and moni...

Central control room monitors and coordina... Video cameras are used to observe traffic flows at key intersections. These cameras are equipped with swivel and zoom functions. In case of a traffic jam, an accident, or a truck losing its load, the ...

Fully electric city buses for environmenta... Since autumn 2012, the first of 12 all-electric buses have been operating in regular line service in the Austrian capital. This bus won the "EBUS Award" from the German Forum for Transportation and Lo...

Fully electric city buses for environmenta... With the electric buses for the Vienna transit company Wiener Linien, Siemens was the first company in Europe to offer fully electric buses for regular service in urban service. The energy storage uni...

Fully electric city buses for environmenta... The interior furnishings of these electric buses is equal to the high standards of the entire Vienna bus fleet. The medium-sized bus has 13 seats and room for 26 standing passengers. A specially reser...

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Gesture-based for joint control of rail tr... Siemens is developing a new generation of control technology for railways. The heart of the new system is the multitouch table. It provides an overview of the entire traffic network and combines an ex...

Multitouch tables for control centers... The operating personnel should be able assess operational events and control actions jointly. For example, if a number of route sections are blocked as a result of technical problems or other operatio...

IT solutions for optimized operational pro... Together with intelligent data networking systems, technology and IT-based rail automation solutions help to optimize operational process in rail transportation systems. This results in maximum exploi...

Effective maintenance and servicing manage... By intelligently collecting, processing, linking and analyzing the relevant data, we can create transparency and provide a reliable decision-making basis to ensure efficient rail system operation....

From control and monitoring of defined mai... By Effective maintenance and servicing management, downtimes can be avoided before they occur by carrying out targeted diagnostic and maintenance work. Spare parts are available at the right time and ...

Effective maintenance and servicing manage... By intelligently collecting, processing, linking and analyzing the relevant data, we can create transparency and provide a reliable decision-making basis to ensure efficient rail system operation....

Optimal line utilization with Siemens rail... User-friendly human-machine interfaces and integrated automation functions facilitate optimal diagramming and efficient control of railway operations in the control center. In future, new control syst...

Siemens equips Paris with driverless metro... Beginning of November 2011 the first driverless trains have entered service on the Paris Metro's oldest line, equipped with the fully automatic Trainguard MT train protection system from Siemens. The ...

Metro New York, USA... Trainguard, the automatic train control system from Siemens, enables the New York Metro, which is more than 100 years old, to sharply increase the number of trains and consequently the transport capac...

Siemens equipped Paris with driverless met... The first driverless trains have entered service on the Paris Metro's oldest line, equipped with the fully automatic Trainguard MT CBTC train protection system from Siemens on November 3rd, 2011. Metr...

First metro line in Algerian capital to st... In the capital Algiers inaugurated the first metro line. Siemens, as the consortium leader, delivered the complete rail system as a turnkey project. The Siemens scope of supply comprised the automatic...

Siemens equipped Paris with driverless met... The first driverless trains have entered service on the Paris Metro's oldest line, equipped with the fully automatic Trainguard MT CBTC train protection system from Siemens on November 3rd, 2011. Metr...

Siemens equips Paris with driverless metro... Beginning of November 2011 the first driverless trains have entered service on the Paris Metro's oldest line, equipped with the fully automatic Trainguard MT train protection system from Siemens. Metr...

Siemens equips Paris with driverless metro... Beginning of November 2011 the first driverless trains have entered service on the Paris Metro's oldest line, equipped with the fully automatic Trainguard MT train protection system from Siemens. Metr...

Trainguard MT starts passenger service... Trainguard MT comprises all functions for monitoring, performing and controlling the fully automatic operational process. Continuous data communication takes place between the control center, the trac...

Trainguard MT provides highest flexibility... The modular train control system Trainguard MT provides the signaling basis for reliable and efficient mass-transit systems. Trainguard MT includes functions for monitoring, implementation, and contro...

Avenio The Hague... The Siemens Rail Systems Division is building 40 triple-articulated 100% low-floor Avenio trams for the HTM Materieel B.V. transportation operator in The Hague. This has made the Dutch seat of governm...

Avenio The Hague... The Siemens Rail Systems Division is building 40 triple-articulated 100% low-floor Avenio trams for the HTM Materieel B.V. transportation operator in The Hague. This has made the Dutch seat of governm...

Avenio The Hague... The Siemens Rail Systems Division is building 40 triple-articulated 100% low-floor Avenio trams for the HTM Materieel B.V. transportation operator in The Hague. This has made the Dutch seat of governm...

Siemens wins order to supply trams to Muni... As part of its capacity expansion program, the Munich transport corporation (MVG) has become the first German mass transit operator to get the new Avenio tram from Siemens. Stadtwerke München (Munich ...

Siemens wins order to supply trams to Muni... As part of its capacity expansion program, the Munich transport corporation (MVG) has become the first German mass transit operator to get the new Avenio tram from Siemens. Stadtwerke München (Munich ...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

The first series-produced, fully electric ... The first electric bus (eBus) for the Austrian capital city of Vienna, supplied by Siemens and Rampini, has been brought into service by "Wiener Linien", the municipal public transit company. This veh...

Videos

Vernetzte Mobilität der Zukunft... Siemens is working on an Integrated Mobility Platform (IMP), a B2B platform that makes it easier for operators to integrate complementary mobility services into their own portfolio....

Die Integrierte Mobilitätsplattform (IMP) ... The Integrated Mobility Platform is not only designed for planning a single journey from A to B; it also makes bookings and reservations across multiple transportation providers....

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Contact

Mr. Peter Gottal
Rail Systems Division

Tel: +49 (30) 386-20280

peter.gottal@siemens.com

Ms. Ellen Schramke
Rail Systems Division

Tel: +49 (30) 386-22370

ellen.schramke@siemens.com

Ms. Silke Reh
Mobility and Logistics Division

Tel: +49 (89) 636 630368

silke.reh@siemens.com

Mr. Dietrich Biester
Smart Grid Division

Tel: +49 (911) 433-2653

dietrich.biester@siemens.com

Links

Jürgen Brandes

CEO Rail Automation Business Unit, Infrastructure & Cities Sector

Jürgen Brandes

Mirko Düsel

CEO Rail Electrification Business Unit, Infrastructure & Cities Sector

Mirko Düsel

Sandra Gott-Karlbauer

CEO Urban Transport Business Unit, Infrastructure & Cities Sector

Sandra Gott-Karlbauer

Andreas Laske

Head of eBus, Infrastructure & Cities Sector

Andreas Laske

Nils Schmidt

Global Head Road and City Mobility IT, Infrastructure & Cities Sector

Nils Schmidt

Last update

2013-Apr-08
3:00 PM CEST