Hundreds of skilled jobs secured with opening of rail manufacturing factory
Siemens Mobility’s Goole Train Manufacturing Facility has been officially opened and is being hailed as a significant milestone in the future of rail transportation in the region.
Alongside the opening, Siemens Mobility has also confirmed an investment of up to £40m in a Bogie Assembly and Service Centre.
The centre will incorporate and expand the company’s current capabilities to overhaul bogies from UK trains, including the 3,224 strong fleet of vehicles it maintains in the UK, and will include production lines for assembling bogies for new trains – a first for Siemens in the UK.
This will secure around 100 existing jobs and create up to a further 200. It is due to be operational towards the end of 2026.
Investment in the new service centre in Goole, Yorkshire, comes in addition to the previously confirmed £200m investment in the Goole Rail Village including the Train Manufacturing Facility.
This facility will play a key role in producing the next generation of trains for the UK, including the new Piccadilly line trains for Transport for London (TfL).
In addition, all of Siemens’ future UK train orders including Siemens Mobility’s new battery trains will be built at Goole, which is also gearing up to serve other global markets by 2030.
The Government’s Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, said: “This impressive, world-class facility will be transformational to Goole and its people, providing a boost to the region’s economy and supporting hundreds of skilled jobs.
“Its opening demonstrates the importance of high quality, long-term investment to pave the way for employment and growth.
“I know how vital rail manufacturing is to our economy, which is why we will not sit on our hands when it comes to supporting it. For too long, the cycle of boom-and-bust has held back this sector.”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, said: “This factory, where the new state-of-the-art Piccadilly line trains will be built, will create up to 900 direct jobs and support another 1,700 in the supply chain, delivering great benefits to the wider UK economy, showing that where London succeeds, the whole country succeeds and vice versa.”
Sambit Banerjee, joint CEO at Siemens Mobility, added: “After more than a decade of tremendous dedication and hard work, we have officially opened our state-of-the-art Rail Village in Goole which is testament to our commitment to the North of England.
“ We’ll assemble 80% of London’s new Piccadilly line trains and all future Siemens trains for the UK including our Verve battery train here in Goole and I’m pleased that we are supporting the local supply chain in the process.
“Our further investment in the Bogie Assembly and Service Centre will only add to our ability to transform rail and transport for everyone, right here in Goole.”
The Goole Rail Village now consists of the Train Manufacturing Facility which assembles and commissions trains, the Components Facility where Siemens maintain gearboxes, traction motors and other parts for train and tram fleets, the Logistics Centre warehousing facility and the Rail Accelerator and Innovation Solutions hub for Enterprise (RaisE) business centre, all of which will be joined by the Bogie Assembly and Service Centre.
