Siemens is a global leader in industrial automation, energy management, and digitalization technologies, supporting industries such as manufacturing, infrastructure, and healthcare. Siemens provides cutting-edge solutions like IoT platforms, smart grids, and AI-powered systems that drive efficiency, sustainability, and innovation. The company’s expertise in smart factories, renewable energy, and electrification has established it as a key player in global digital transformation efforts, addressing complex industrial challenges worldwide.
The Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT), the largest transit agency in the Sacramento region of California, is strengthening its fleet with an order of eight additional S700 low floor light rail vehicles (LRVs) from Siemens Mobility.
The new trains, which were manufactured by Stadler and Siemens, have entered service successively since the beginning of 2021, and have been operating on lines S41, S42, S46, S47 and S8 since then.
The two-car trainset will enter passenger service in mid-2024 on routes between Augsburg and Füssen and Augsburg and Peissenberg on the rail network of Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB).
An expansion of their manufacturing footprint in North America, the new facility will create more than 500 new jobs and be one of the city’s largest employers.
Siemens Mobility has won the order for the delivery of 28 three-car electric Mireo regional trains for the “Digital Node Stuttgart” (DKS) pilot project of “Digital Rail Germany” (DSD).