September 2024 Land Transportation News [Transportation Systems]
The first four battery-powered trains from Siemens Mobility began regular service for regional rail transport on Network 8 (“Ortenau”) on 8 April 2024, marking a premiere in Germany. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Figure 1</xref> shows the Mireo Plus B train running without the pantograph lifted. The official start was celebrated by an exclusive inaugural trip from Offenburg to Oberkirch and back and was accompanied by Winfried Hermann, minister of transport for the state of Baden-Württemberg, together with numerous invited guests.
Authors
- Bih‐Yuan Ku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-0920)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mvt.2024.3408928
- Primary Topic
- Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00