Efforts to increase train speeds continue unabated, with new countries, such as Russia, joining the exclusive club of manufacturers.
UK: Siemens Mobility has calculated this when considering the use of diesel- and hybrid-powered trains with its new Desiro Verve bi-mode trains.
Germany: Under the contract, signed with the public transport operator SWU, 18 Avenio M trams, produced in 2018–2023, are to be expanded from five to seven cars.
Germany, Egypt: The four-car trainset was presented on the Wegberg-Wildenrath test facility.
India: The German company is investing INR 1.8 bln ($22 mln) to expand their plant in Aurangabad, opened in November 2022 to manufacture bogies.
This position has recently been highlighted by its CEO Rolling Stock, Albrecht Neumann, on LinkedIn.
Germany: The company has announced plans to invest approximately €150 mln to expand its digital service depot.
France, USA: Kevin Speed, a private operator, and Brightline West, a HSR line operator, plan to contract the manufacturers in the nearest future.
Denmark: The German company has signed agreements worth €270 mln with the national operator DSB and infrastructure manager BDK to automate Copenhagen S-bane network.
