Siemens welcomes UK Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Goole Rail Village: Prime Minister visits Siemens Mobility in Goole

26 Feb 2024

Siemens welcomes UK Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Goole Rail Village

  • Siemens hosted the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, UK Prime Minister and his ministers at the Goole Rail Village, East Riding of Yorkshire, for their Cabinet meeting.
  • The Prime Minister met our next generation of British engineers who will be building the UK’s future trains at Goole.
  • The £200 million Goole Rail Village is creating up to 700 jobs and up to 1700 supply chain opportunities.

Siemens was honoured to host the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak and the Cabinet at the Goole Rail Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Before chairing the Cabinet meeting in our Components Facility, The Prime Minister met Siemens Mobility’s UK & Ireland Joint CEO Sambit Banerjee and spoke to a group of apprentice engineers and technicians about how they will build the next generation of trains for the UK at Goole.

Siemens is in the final stages of fitting out the Train Manufacturing Facility, which is set to open this spring.

Sambit Banerjee, Joint CEO for Siemens Mobility UK and Ireland said: “It was a great honour to welcome the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to our Goole Rail Village and for him to talk to our talented train engineers of the future.

“We are proud that we will be assembling the next generation of Britain’s trains right here in Yorkshire, as part of how we transform rail travel in the UK.

“Our investment in Goole is levelling up in action, and the lasting legacy of skills we are creating at this centre of excellence will help transform rail for the North.

The Components Facility, where the Government held the Cabinet meeting, is a part of the wider Goole Rail Village which made up from the Train Manufacturing Facility, Logistics Centre and the Rail Accelerator and Innovation Solutions hub for Enterprise (RaisE), establishing Goole as a centre of excellence for rail technology in the UK.

The Components Facility, which is open already, overhauls and repairs capabilities on gearboxes, traction motors, fan systems and HVAC units for Siemens’ train and tram fleets across the UK, which make up almost one quarter of passenger trains.

All of Siemens’ future UK train orders will be built at Goole, starting with the Piccadilly line trains for Transport for London. The Train Manufacturing Facility will also be capable of serving our other global markets by 2030.

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Siemens Mobility in the UK

  • Siemens Mobility employs c.5,500 people in the UK and supports the rail industry from the first mile to the last, covering signalling, electrification, software and manufacturing and maintaining trains.
  • We have three manufacturing sites:
    • o Goole, (train manufacturing, components and materials and logistics)
    • o Chippenham (signalling, telecoms & research and development)
    • o Ashby-de-la-Zouch (control systems, customer information systems, telecoms).
  • We work with 2,500 suppliers – of which over 90% are UK based; 52% are SMEs.
  • We operate from around 30 UK locations including 13 train maintenance locations in the UK (Glasgow to Southampton), and infrastructure depots.
  • Find out more about our impact in the UK through our Built in Britain campaign www.siemens.co.uk/britain.

Siemens Mobility at Goole

  • Siemens Mobility’s £200m investment in the region will create 700 new jobs and 1,700 opportunities in the supply chain. The recruitment campaign is now ramping up. For more information about joining Siemens Mobility in Goole go to www.siemens.co.uk/careers. Click on “Apply now” to search for jobs available at Goole.
  • The rail village will be made up from the Train Manufacturing Facility, Components Facility, Logistics Centre and a research and development centre called the Rail Accelerator and Innovation Solutions Hub for Enterprise (RaisE), is being developed in conjunction with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and The University of Birmingham and is a space focused on innovation for SME’s.
  • From spring 2024, 80% of London Underground’s new Piccadilly line trains will be assembled at Goole. The first Piccadilly trains are being produced in Goole’s sister factory in Vienna, Siemens Mobility’s centre of excellence for Metro. The first train has been built and has been undergoing extensive testing by Siemens Mobility’s engineers at our test track and climate chamber in Germany, before entering passenger service from 2025.
  • With the construction of the Goole Rail Village, Siemens Mobility has supported the local supply chain wherever possible, contracting Leeds-based GMI Construction for the build of the Goole factory, Components Facility and the warehouse. The GMI supply chain is based entirely in the UK with over 70% of it based in Yorkshire. Several components for the Piccadilly line trains will also come from local Yorkshire and UK suppliers, such as the exterior lighting from LPA Lighting, just 25 miles away from the Goole factory. More information on www.siemens.co.uk/goole
  • Siemens Mobility has been committed to supporting the local community, above and beyond the investment in the new facilities and the jobs creation. Community initiatives have included donating and volunteering at the local Goole foodbank, to sponsoring Goole Pride, to working with partners to develop to the neighbouring Oakhill Nature Reserve where we donated £150,000.
  • Siemens is also working on developing the next generation of railway engineers and is partnering with Primary Engineer and 13 local schools to Goole; a partnership aimed at igniting interest and curiosity in careers in engineering among local children from a young age.

 

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For further information about Siemens Mobility, please see: www.siemens.com/mobility

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in intelligent transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €10.5 billion and employed around 39,800 people worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility  

About Siemens

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare.

From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers.

By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.

Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare.

In fiscal 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €77.8 billion and net income of €8.5 billion.

As of September 30, 2023, the company had around 320,000 employees worldwide.

Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.