FAST-TRACK TO EFFICIENCY The Siemens Rail Systems Division is a leading international provider of rail vehicles and related services. The company’s portfolio comprises the entire spectrum of railway rolling stock including the manufacture of advanced high-speed railway trains. Philip Yorke looks at the global company’s three business units and its latest news stories. These include the prestige Thameslink Programme, its major railway train contract in Finland and its ‘Stars for Rail Systems’ supplier awards event.
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iemens Rail Systems Division is subdivided into three business units. The company’s High-Speed and Commuter Rail unit based in Krefeld, focuses on the manufacture of intercity and high-speed trains, while in Vienna, the Urban Transport unit manages all of Siemens’ business activities in the fields of metro trains,
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trams, light rail vehicles, passenger coaches and mass transit vehicles for driverless operation. The company’s Locomotives and Components unit is based in Munich-Allach and is responsible for all locomotive traction units and components. However, there is yet another support division, which is known as the Customer
Service Unit which offers customers a range of infrastructure services spanning the entire lifecycle of a rail system. Siemens is also the world’s leading provider of eco-friendly technology whose sophisticated products and solutions have enabled its customers to save more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2013. This amount corre-
