Germany's Siemens to help Copenhagen set up autonomous rail network
German engineering giant Siemens is to equip the entire suburban rail network in Copenhagen with autonomous driving technology for trains.
The German company announced a major order on Monday for the upgrading of 170 kilometres of track and the delivery of the necessary technology for 226 new trains. The trains themselves are not part of the current order.
Fully automated operation should be possible by 2033, said Siemens Mobility chief executive Michael Peter. "This will make the Copenhagen network the world's largest automated urban rail network," he said.
The current agreement, worth €270 million ($287 million), builds on a contract from 2011, under which Siemens had previously upgraded the network.
