Siemens will install information systems at HS2’s stations following a £47 million contract win. The firm is to provide a fully integrated station information management system across all HS2 stations, Curzon Street, Interchange, Old Oak Common and Euston.
Its 'Mobility' arm specialises in building control systems, customer information systems and telecoms, and employs over 5,000 people, including 200 at its recently-refurbished Ashby site - one of its four main manufacturing sites in the UK. Recent projects to use its system include Crossrail, with Edinburgh Trams employing its information systems.
Collaboration will be at the heart of project delivery, with Siemens Mobility expected to work closely with some of its 3,000 suppliers, 47% of which are UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as with HS2 Ltd and its other contractors.
Examples of the Siemens HS2 information management systems being tested at its Leicestershire laboratory.
Siemens Mobility is to oversee a significant portion of the entire process from design to supply demonstrating proven best practice. This includes Factory Acceptance Testing at its Ashby de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire laboratory testing facilities, before conducting live testing and commissioning activities on site, reducing travel to site and securing certainty of delivery.
According to Siemens, the system promises to bring enhanced system efficiency and passenger safety, improved maintainability, and 'will minimise the whole life cost by allowing the system to be regularly upgraded.'
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