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Erlangen, Germany - Thursday, November 05, 2009

Siemens supplies Cable Liner Shuttle for the metro in Caracas

The Siemens Industry Solutions Division (IS) has won an order from DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co to supply the electrical equipment for a cable liner shuttle of the metro in Caracas, Venezuela. The new rapid transit line will link two metro lines and is due to come into operation at the end of 2011.

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Design study of the cable liner shuttle in Caracas, Venezuela (Photo: DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co.)

The "Cabletren Bolivariano" cable liner shuttle will make a big contribution to developing the city of Caracas. As part of the Metro de Caracas mass transit system, the automated people mover (APM) will link the existing Petare metro station to the newly planned Waraira Repano A station. The new, two-kilometer line will be served by four four-car trains and will be able to Siemens equips cable liner shuttle for metro line in Caracas carry up to 3,500 passengers per hour. The IS business unit for cable-drawn automatic people mover systems has its headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria. It is supplying the drive systems, the complete power engineering and the central automatic train control system, as well as handling engineering.

The fully automated, cable-drawn cable liner has been jointly developed by Siemens and DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co. Unlike a self-propelled system, in which the drive is located in the vehicle, the advantage of a cable-drawn system is that vehicles can be drawn back into a station by a stand-by drive if there is a power outage or system breakdown. Other benefits of the cable liner are that it is quiet and produces no emissions.

Further information on cable-hauled passenger transport systems can be found at:
http://www.siemens.at/people-mover

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The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies as well as comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six Divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 222,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry posted in fiscal year 2008 a profit of EUR3.86 billion with revenues totaling EUR38 billion. http://www.siemens.com/industry

With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa., U.S.A.), and Industrial Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle. With around 31,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry Solutions achieved an order intake of EUR 8.415 billon in fiscal year 2008.

Further information and downloads at: http://www.siemens.com/industry-solutions

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