InnoTrans 2024 report (12)
posted on 10th Oct 2024 14:10
One of the most innovative public transportation projects in the coming years will be the extremely long and fully continuous suburban trains for the München metropolitan area. Siemens Mobility will supply 90 new EMUs with a length of 202 m and space for 1,841 passengers.
The HÜBNER Group will supply the gangway systems. The initial order signed at InnoTrans is for 1,080 gangways, with an option for a further 1,080. This is one of the largest single orders ever received by the HÜBNER Group.
The new 13-car XXL trains are scheduled to start operation at the end of 2028. The operator will DB Regio on behalf of the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (Bavarian Railway Company, BEG).
Siemens Mobility and the HÜBNER Group have also agreed on a partnership for a further project in Europe, in which an advanced version of the Siemens Mireo EMUs will be used. For this project, the HÜBNER Group will initially manufacture 200 gangways and optionally up to 1,350 more.