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A major project to develop software for the implementation of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has been awarded by Transport for London (TfL) to Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology.

Allego, a leading provider of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging solutions and cloud services, has appointed traffic technology supplier Siemens to support the deployment and operation of EV fast-chargers in the UK beginning with its first project in London.

Siemens Energy Management is delighted to announce the achievement of winning the Shell HSSE Award at the Association for Project Management Awards in relation to the Western Link HVDC Interconnector Project.

Siemens opened their new Nottingham offices at Central Park, Lenton Lane Industrial Park. The move of 300 employees to an upgraded 31,000 sq ft building represents the biggest business letting in Nottingham in 18 months, and was officially opened by local MP Lilian Greenwood MP this afternoon.

Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has unveiled a new range of passively safe traffic signal poles. Performance-rated against BS EN 12767, the new range offers customers longer life passively safe poles in a wide variety of forms, finish and lengths from 2m to 6m. The new poles are CE marked with a unique specification label confirming key features as required by BS EN 12899 including construction material, corrosion resistance and strength characteristics.

Leading traffic technology supplier Siemens hosted the latest Women in ITS interest group meeting at its offices and manufacturing centre in Poole, Dorset this week (Tuesday 05 December 2017). Focusing on diversity in industry, the event was free-of-charge and open to all ITS (UK) members, ITS practitioners and stakeholders and included a technical visit and tour of the company’s manufacturing and engineering facilities, and new service operations centre.

Siemens has once again been crowned the manufacturer and maintainer of the most reliable trains in Britain. London Midland’s Siemens Class 350/2 (which is owned by Porterbrook and maintained at Siemens’ Kings Heath depot in Northampton) has been awarded the 2017 Modern Railways Golden Spanner (First Generation Electrical Multiple Unit), achieving an amazing reliability figure of 164,481 miles per technical incident.

At its inaugural Supplier Awards, which were held at the London Transport Museum this month, Transport for London (TfL) named Siemens its Supplier of the Year.

A new traffic enforcement system has been introduced by Trading Standards in Oxfordshire to help protect one of the oldest river crossings on the River Thames at Newbridge. Supplied and supported by leading traffic technology supplier Siemens, it’s the first time that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are being used to enforce a road weight restriction in the county.

Siemens Energy Management Division’s Nemo Link HVDC Interconnector Project has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council.

Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.

A group of engineers from Siemens have just started studying on a specially designed course run by the University of Salford aimed at tackling critical skills shortages.