Siemens Mobility has launched a project aiming to recover materials from end-of-life trains, Kallanish learns.
It is joined by a consortium that includes railway operator Deutsche Bahn, aluminium producer Hydro, German metals recycler TSR, and steelmaker voestalpine.
The project, named “Train2Train”, brings together the full value chain, from dismantling and recycling to material processing and manufacturing. Each partner plays a critical role in creating a transparent and circular material loop, Hydro says.
TSR will dismantle the rail vehicles and retrieve the materials with the aim of recycling them into new rail parts. It will ship steel to voestalpine for recycling and further production. TSR will also recover aluminium and send it to Hydro, to its recycling facility in Ghlin, Belgium.
The project aims at reusing material from end-of-life trains, recycling them to become materials that can again be used within the railway industry. Austrian partner voestalpine is active in making rails and in railway technology. However, it has not issued an announcement on the project to explain its further use of the recycled steels.
