Galaktische Leistung: Siemens presented its expanded München works

On 7 July 2025, Siemens celebrated the opening of its expanded train factory in München-Allach, one of the most modern train production facilities in Europe and a key location in Siemens Mobility’s European service network. Around 250 million EUR has been invested in new buildings, state-of-the-art production facilities, and the expansion of AI-based software solutions since 2023. This development underscores the technology company’s commitment to Germany as a viable location for manufacturing and innovation.

The location’s expansion will create over 500 new jobs and increase the workforce to approximately 2,500. On the factory’s doubled workspace, Vectouro cars will also be produced along with the Vectrons. This marks the first time that Siemens will manufacture all products based on Vectron technology under one roof. The location will also triple its capacity for modern services.

In addition, Allach will become the new headquarters of Siemens Mobility, and the location will bring together key business areas such as research and development, production, service, and management. By bundling competencies for integrated innovations and rapid implementation for its customers, Siemens is implementing a core element of its ONE Tech Company program.

“The expansion of our location in München-Allach into a global competence center and home of the new company headquarters combines efficiency and innovation. With an investment of around 250 million EUR in modern production facilities, service capacities, and digital solutions, we are securing our competitiveness and further boosting our innovative strength. By combining AI-based applications and innovative production technologies such as laser-guided installation, robotics, AI-enabled quality management, and digital twins, we are transforming ‘heavy metal’ into ‘heavy AI’ and taking the rail industry in Germany to a new level,” commented Michael Peter, CEO of Siemens Mobility.

By expanding the Allach facilities from 47,000 to over 100,000 m², Siemens has provided space for a substantial increase in production capacities. In the future, up to 385 Vectron locomotives and up to 180 passenger cars can be manufactured there annually. Siemens stated that until now more than 2,700 Vectrons have been sold and over 1,700 ones have been built.

The latter fleet achieved a combined mileage of over 1.2 billion km in service, this being a distance from Earth to Saturn. To highlight this „galactic performance“, the 1,750th Vectron was provided with appropriate vinyls. The locomotive‘s class number or other information about its parameters and customer has not yet been published.

The Rail Service Center is being substantially expanded to enable it to handle up to 80 locomotive overhauls and accident repairs annually, up from 25 currently. When completed, the competence center for heavy maintenance work will have tripled its capacity to meet the rapidly growing market for high-quality service and fast response times. In addition to its four new service tracks, the new building will include specialized workshops for bogies and wheelsets. These investments are decisive for continuing to offer customers high-performance services and the shortest possible turnaround times. Completion of the new building is planned for 2026.
 
The service portfolio at Allach will be complemented by around 70 data and software specialists on site who will support international customers with their digital transformations by providing modular services and the Railigent X application suite. This unique bundling of expertise from production and service enhances and strengthens the role of the München-Allach plant as a holistic competence center and “Home of Vectron”. 
 
Siemens Mobility is moving its headquarters from München-Perlach to Allach. With the location’s expansion, over 500 new jobs will be created, primarily in technical areas such as welding, metalworking, mechatronics, and electrical engineering. By 2028, the location will employ over 2,500 people, strengthening Munich-Allach’s position as a leading regional center and providing a significant economic stimulus for the city and district of München and local industry. This growth initiative is a clear demonstration of Siemens Mobility’s firm commitment to creating and securing highly qualified jobs in Germany.

We are preparing a detailed report from the factory.