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Siemens Mobility wins two billion euro battery train contract in Germany

Siemens Mobility has secured a contract valued at over two billion euros to supply 113 battery-electric trains and maintain them for 30 years in Lower Saxony.

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Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract worth more than 2 billion euros to supply 113 battery-electric multiple-units, RailTech, Railway-News, and Railway Gazette International all reported on October 15, 2026. The deal covers three-car Mireo Plus B trains for use in Lower Saxony, Germany. [1][2][3]

Under the agreement, Siemens Mobility will also construct two new maintenance depots and service the fleet for 30 years, according to RailTech. RailTech described the deal as the world's largest order for battery trains. [1]

Siemens Mobility is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG that is headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company specializes in rail rolling stock, infrastructure, electrification, signaling, and digital services. [7]

Separately, SeeNews and Informat.ro reported that Siemens Mobility won a locomotive contract in Romania. Informat.ro specified that Romania's Railway Reform Authority selected the company for 23 electric locomotives under a deal worth over 764 million lei, while SeeNews placed the value at 143 million euros. [4][6]

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In short

  • Siemens Mobility won a contract worth over 2 billion euros for 113 Mireo Plus B battery-electric trains.
  • The agreement includes two new maintenance depots and a 30-year fleet maintenance service.
  • The 113 three-car battery-electric trains will operate in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Siemens Mobility awarded ‘world’s largest’ battery train orderRailTech, 13h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Siemens Mobility to Provide 113 BEMUs for Use in Lower SaxonyRailway-News, 12h ago
  3. [3]Siemens Mobility awarded ‘world’s largest’ battery train orderRailway Gazette International, 14h ago
  4. [4]Romania awards 143 mln euro locomotive deal to Siemens MobilitySeeNews, 14h ago
  5. [5]Siemens Mobility exploring UK introduction of ‘gamechanger’ Vectron X freight locomotiveRail Magazine, 22h ago
  6. [6]The Railway Reform Authority has designated Siemens Mobility as the winner for 23 electric locomotives, under a contract worth over 764 million leiInformat.ro, 1d ago

Background

  1. [7]Siemens Mobility on Grokipedia
  2. [8]SZ VIT completes first Siemens Vectron overhaul for Beacon Rail FTMQ Travel, 8d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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