Digital transformation for rail
For public transport to be as sustainable and cost-effective as possible, trains and tracks must be used to their full potential. With our open digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator, we connect rail asset owners, operators and maintainers in one mobility ecosystem to help unleash additional rail capacity.
For public transport to be as sustainable and cost-effective as possible, trains and tracks must be used to their full potential. With our open digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator, we connect rail asset owners, operators and maintainers in one mobility ecosystem to help unleash additional rail capacity.
Leveraging digitalization to bring mobility to the next level
Providing sustainable, comfortable and cost-effective rail travel
Lifecycle cost optimized rail infrastructure and rolling stock
Reduce running costs across the entire operation – Trains and infrastructure are often in service for more than 30 years, so we need to plan for their entire lifetime. Equipping trains with built-in connectivity for Digital Train Solutions helps to reduce costs, manage trains seamlessly from the wayside, and prevent disruptions with live monitoring and remote configuration.
Maximized network capacity
Get the most out of your assets – achieve enormous efficiency gains and reduce maintenance costs by 30% by moving rail infrastructure to the cloud and replacing hardware components with one central interlocking.
100% system availability
Know your rail system is always running – thanks to more efficient maintenance, prevention of unplanned downtime and fewer unnecessary transfers to the depot.
100% occupancy
Improve your rail offering with smart applications – our software solutions help optimize rail operations and make travel easier for passengers, including solutions for inventory, reservations, ticketing and demand-responsive transport.
Transforming mobility for everyone
Successfully meeting the rising demand for rail travel is crucial to lowering greenhouse gas emissions. To help achieve this, digitalization will play a key role in unleashing additional rail capacity. For instance, by enabling seamless travel experiences for passengers, by optimizing the lifecycle costs of rail infrastructure and rolling stock, or by facilitating automation for faster, safer and higher capacity mobility. Our answer to the rail industry’s digital challenges is Siemens Xcelerator – an open platform to bundle the expertise of all industry stakeholders, featuring:
1. Modular software – to ensure customers get the best from their investment through its entire lifecycle.
2. Standardized APIs – to unleash the full potential of available data.
3. Moving software to the cloud – to eliminate inefficiencies and keep software secure and continuously up to date.
Yet even the best technology is always only a means to an end. Our long-standing goal is to provide sustainable, comfortable and cost-effective rail travel for everyone. These are our digital value propositions:
How do we do this?
We make software more modular and enable transportation stakeholders to exchange data in a standardized way over composable digital touchpoints.
We use standardized Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to help our customers unify fragmented rail systems no matter who has built the system.
We move software modules to the cloud by combining and virtualizing different mobility ecosystems, such as trains, infrastructure, operators and passengers, on a digital platform.
Siemens Xcelerator customer references
Mobility Software Suite X: Brightline to implement state-of-the-art inventory and reservation system from Sqills (S3 Passenger)
The latest in inventory and reservation software, S3 Passenger and Railigent X, will support Brightline as the company scales up operations. They started with long-haul service to Orlando. The inventory, ticketing, and reservation system is offered by Sqills, a Siemens Mobility subsidiary.
Railigent X is an integral part of Germany’s most modern S-Bahn trains for Munich
The 90 new S-Bahn trains offer more space, greater comfort, and many innovations like asset management via Railigent X and software updates via the cloud. Greater passenger comfort and convenience is provided by free WiFi, improved mobile phone reception, USB and power sockets as well as generous storage racks.
Service contract secured for rail vehicles in North of England with Railigent X
The fleet of the TransPennine Express will use our cloud based Railigent X application suite. This means the trains are fitted with remote condition monitoring which allows the teams to get direct updates on each train and how they are performing.
Metro Sydney: first usage of Railigent X digital asset management applications in Australia
We are the system integrator and reliable partner for on-time delivery of the city-shaping project Sydney Metro. We are providing the latest digital products and platforms, as well as optimizing operations throughout the network for the trains, rail infrastructure and subsystems.