A German electrical engineer and industrialist, founder of the company that became Siemens AG. He built the worlds first electric passenger train, demonstrated in Berlin in 1879, and in May 1881 his company opened the worlds first electric tram service, at Gross-Lichterfelde near Berlin, establishing electric traction as a practical alternative to steam for rail transport. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Pioneered electric traction specifically: the worlds first electric passenger train (1879) and first electric tram service (1881), distinct from the earlier steam era pioneers Trevithick and Stephenson also holding this edge.
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Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888;
- Pioneered: Rail Transport
Pioneered: Tram, Later years
In May 1881, Siemens & Halske inaugurated the world's first electric tram service, in the Berlin suburb of Groß-Lichterfelde.
Pioneered: Trolleybus, Later years
He founded the electrical and telecommunications conglomerate Siemens and invented the electric tram, trolley bus, electric locomotive and electric elevator.
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