Order Completed in Twenty-Two Months
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Transportation
Systems, Inc. (STS) announced today the final shipment of a ten-vehicle light
rail order for the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). The tenth vehicle of the
order was shipped to Salt Lake City on December 14, twenty-two months after
the order was received.
"We are extremely pleased to have been able to deliver this entire order
to our customer in such a short time period," stated Oliver O. Hauck,
president and chief executive officer of STS. "We were able to ensure a quick
turnaround for these vehicles without compromising the quality necessary to
carry Salt Lake's 20,000 daily light rail commuters, the many passengers
expected during the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympic Games and future riders."
The 10 new SD160 vehicles complement 23 vehicles currently in revenue
service for UTA. The first of this latest order arrived on July 19, 2001.
Each SD160 can carry 185 passengers at speeds up to 65 miles per hour. The
UTA light rail system opened in Dec. of 1999. A system extension servicing
the University of Utah stadium -- site of the opening and closing ceremonies
of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games -- opened on Dec. 15, 2001.
Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. (http://www.sts.siemens.com) is an
affiliate of Siemens Corporation (USA) and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Siemens A.G. The company provides a broad spectrum of products and services
to the U.S. transportation industry, including communication and management
control centers, traction electrification systems, automatic vehicle locator
systems for buses, AC traction locomotives, mass transit vehicles and complete
design/build turnkey systems.
Siemens is the leading supplier of light rail vehicles in North America,
with more than 500 rail vehicles operating in 10 cities. Its mass transit
vehicle manufacturing and assembly facilities are located in Sacramento and
Carson, California. Siemens is also a leading supplier of electrification for
mass transit and mainline applications. The company manufactures switchgear
in Raleigh, North Carolina, and substations and converters in Alpharetta,
Georgia. Siemens maintains division headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Lake
Oswego, Oregon; and Sacramento.
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), headquartered in Munich, is a leading global
electronics and engineering company. It employs some 450,000 people in
193 countries, and reported worldwide sales of more than $74 billion in fiscal
2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01). The United States is Siemens' largest market, with
nearly 80,000 employees and sales of $18.9 billion for fiscal 2001. For more
information about Siemens in the U.S., go to http://www.usa.siemens.com.
SOURCE Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Jeffrey Puma of Siemens Transportation
Systems, Inc., +1-202-434-4813, Jeffrey.puma@sts.siemens.com
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