Honored: Digital S-Bahn in Hamburg wins the German Mobility Award

Siemens | Jun 9, 2021 at 2:00 AM

(Berlin, June 9, 2021) This year, the German Mobility Award goes to the Digital S-Bahn Hamburg. The team from Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Mobility is putting Germany’s first fully automated railway in service. In cooperation with the city of Hamburg, four Hamburg S-Bahn trains operating with passengers will be digitally controlled during the ITS Congress in October. The advantage of the new technology, which has been under development since 2018: More trains can operate on existing rail lines with higher reliability and lower energy consumption.