Reuters: Technology News: Siemens says Saudi train order worth 1.5 billion euros

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Siemens says Saudi train order worth 1.5 billion euros Oct 10th 2013, 11:27 Tweet Share this Email Print Reprints Related Topics Tech » Deals » Global Deals Review: 2011 Q3 » Global Deals Review: 2011 Q2 » Global Deals Review » Inflows Outflows » Saudi Arabia » The company logo of Siemens AG is pictured atop an office building in Berlin September 30, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Tobias Schwarz FRANKFURT | Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:27am EDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens's (SIEGn.DE) share of a major contract to supply trains for a new subway system in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh is worth 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion), the German group said on Thursday, confirming its biggest ever rail engineering order from the region. The contract is part of a total of $22.5 billion worth of orders awarded to three foreign-led consortia by Saudi Arabia in July for the design and construction of the metro rail system in Riyadh. The project, which will involve six rail lines extending 176 kilometers (110 miles) and carrying electric, driverless trains, is the world's largest public transport system currently under development, Saudi officials have said. Siemens said in a statement on Thursday it would supply driverless subway trains, electrification systems and signaling technology for two of the six lines. Flush with cash after more than two years of high oil prices, Saudi Arabia is pumping billions of dollars into infrastructure projects designed to improve living standards and ease social discontent in the wake of the 2011 uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world. The government also says it wants to upgrade the country's infrastructure to help the economy diversify beyond oil, making it less vulnerable to any future plunge of global oil prices. The German engineering group will deliver 74 subway trains equipped with an extra-strong air conditioning system to cope with the extreme heat as well as special seals and filters in brakes and doors to cut down on the amount of sand that makes its way into the train cars. The order is part of a 7.5 billion euros ($10.14 billion)contract awarded to a consortium led by U.S.-based Bechtel. Other major orders for the subway system included a $7.82 billion contract awarded to a consortium led by Spain's Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC.MC) and a $5.21 billion order for a group headed by Italy's Ansaldo STS (STS.MI). (Reporting by Maria Sheahan; Editing by Peter Dinkloh, Greg Mahlich) Global Deals Review: 2011 Q3 Global Deals Review: 2011 Q2 Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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