Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced the contract partners for the reactivation of the Siemensbahn, part of the Berlin S-Bahn network. A total of nine companies have been selected to deliver the five contract packages.
The following companies are participating in the project:
- Planning: Obermeyer Group and Schüßler Plan;
- New structural engineering works: Porr, Kemna Bau, and MCE;
- Restoration of structural engineering works: Eiffage SEH Engineering, Eiffage STC, and Leonhard Weiss; and
- Rectifier substations and transport infrastructure: Sächsische Bau
The project marks the first application of the “rail partnership model” in the eastern region with the Siemensbahn. This innovative model is based on integrated collaboration, from the outset, all parties involved contribute to both planning and implementation, enabling cross-disciplinary synergies, ensuring quality, and keeping to schedules and budgets.
“With the partnership model for the Siemensbahn, we are ushering in a new era of collaboration and delivery in infrastructure projects. Together with our partners, we are bringing the Siemensbahn back to life,” Alexander Kaczmarek, DB Group Representative said.
The goal is an efficient and sustainable reconnection of the line between Jungfernheide and Gartenfeld, thereby supporting modern, environmentally friendly mobility in the Berlin metropolitan area.
The reactivation of the Siemensbahn is part of the “i2030 – More Rail for Berlin and Brandenburg” initiative with the planning phase being financed by the State of Berlin. Key construction works include upgrading 4.5 km of track, building new and restoring historic bridges and transport structures, construction of new rectifier substations, installation of innovative signalling and control systems and technical modernisation and barrier-free access at transport stations.
It is expected that from 2029, trains to run on Siemensbahn from the Ringbahn towards Siemensstadt Square.
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