Amtrak Contracts With Siemens Mobility for Hybrid Trains
“Amtrak announced Wednesday that it would award a $3.4 billion contract to Sacramento-based Siemens Mobility to manufacture its latest line of energy-efficient trains. This contract is the largest ever for the North American branch of Siemens Mobility, which has been headquartered in Sacramento for the past 30 years. Beginning in 2024, the company will provide 73 new trains to Amtrak,” reports Amelia Davidson in Governing.
“The trains will operate primarily along the Northeast Corridor line, which currently features trains built up to 50 years ago. Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn pointed to the partnership as an important way to make trains more sustainable while also creating jobs and manufacturing opportunities in America. These new trains, some of which will be our first hybrid battery operations in the United States, will transform the way Americans travel.”
