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17 Apr 2024
Siemens Mobility to improve rail safety education in schools across the UK
- Siemens Mobility is working with Rail Safe Friendly – a social impact programme aimed at enhancing rail safety and reducing the number of trespass incidents.
- Over 4,000 UK schools are already participating in the programme.
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16 Apr 2024
Glass Futures test furnace set to drastically cut glass-making emissions with Siemens technology
- The £54 million facility will develop and test advanced glass-melting methods, supporting future innovation in the industry around the world
- The experimental R&D, innovation and training centre will be run entirely by Siemens’ software platform, PCS Neo
- The technology’s cloud-based, zero-install user experience will support efforts to reduce carbon emissions from glass manufacturing
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10 Apr 2024
Siemens Mobility secures first place on rail signalling and control framework for the UK
- Siemens Mobility has secured first place on Network Rail’s Train Control Systems Framework (TCSF).
- Company set for a share of contracts to be awarded from the £4bn framework, which will see thousands of miles of Britain’s rail network upgraded over the next decade.
- Siemens Mobility will deliver both digital and conventional signalling and control systems to transform rail travel in Britain.
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08 Apr 2024
Batteries instead of diesel – first trains into passenger service in Ortenau
- Germany’s first use of the Mireo Plus B battery hybrid train from Siemens Mobility / Benefits passengers and the environment
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27 Mar 2024
Siemens launches new repairs partnership to support energy, utility and telecoms providers across the UK
- Siemens new repairs partnership with service provider MMX (part of the TXO Group) will support customers across UK & Ireland using the business’s Ruggedcom network routing and switching technology.
- The deal will help Siemens customers significantly reduce network downtime and provide better access to UK-based equipment repair.
- The move follows a renewed focus on maintenance and repairs with energy, utilities and telecoms providers requiring these assets to last more than 15 years.
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27 Mar 2024
Young people with learning disabilities to get first-hand work experience through Siemens Mobility’s internship scheme
- 6 internship positions available in 2024 for individuals between the ages of 18 and 24 at the new Goole Rail Village.
- Initiative comes as research shows only 4.8% of people with a learning disability or autism spectrum condition in England are in full-time paid employment, compared to 80% of their peers.
- Siemens Mobility is investing up to £200m in the Rail Village in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, which will build new trains for the UK.