FREE

Global Passenger Rail Industry Profile & Value Chain Analysis

Global Passenger Rail Industry Profile & Value Chain Analysis

Summary

Global Passenger Rail industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2012-16, and forecast to 2021). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the sector.

The value/supply chain analysis reveals the business activities which comprise the global passenger rail sector’s value/supply chain. All key stages are highlighted, along with examples of companies active, and assessments of the burning issues for every stage of the value/supply chain. Key value/supply chain stages analyzed include infrastructure, rolling stock, maintenance, train operators, and passengers.

Synopsis

Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the global passenger rail sector. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Key Highlights

- The passenger rail sector consists of all passenger transport by 'heavy rail' services, including international, inter-city, regional, and suburban trains ("Commuter trains" in US terminology are included). However, light rail, tram/streetcar, Metro/Subway, and similar trains are not included.
- The global passenger rail sector had total revenues of $246,947.1bn in 2016, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% between 2012 and 2016.
- Sector consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 3% between 2012 and 2016, to reach a total of 3,844,791.2 million PKM in 2016.
- Most of the developed passenger rail sectors worldwide have been either mature or facing increased competition from other modes of transport such as air travel, as seen in Europe and Japan, or having limited demand, incurring losses, which is the case in the US sector. Only a few sectors have experienced surging growth such as the Chinese and the Indian sectors, because of continuing technological improvement of their infrastructure. Furthermore, there remains a much higher price of substitutes that urges price sensitive consumers to opt for rail services.
- Infrastructure is critical to the rail network and the vast size of networks means it is lucrative business. Some companies have circumvented laws prohibiting train operators also operating infrastructure by setting up dedicated subsidiaries.
- Rolling stick manufacture has seen competition intensify markedly in recent years, spurring a wave of consolidation as scale becomes critical to survival.

Scope

- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the passenger rail sector
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global passenger rail sector
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key passenger rail market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the global passenger rail sector with five year forecasts by both value and volume.
- Quickly and easily identify the key stages and sub-stages of the global passenger rail sector value/supply chain
- See examples of companies active at each stage of the global passenger rail sector value/supply chain
- Examine trends and burning issues impacting the global passenger rail sector value/supply chain

Reasons to buy

- What was the size of the global passenger rail sector by value in 2016?
- What will be the size of the global passenger rail sector in 2021?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the global passenger rail sector?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- How large is the global passenger rail sector in relation to its regional counterparts?
- What are the main segments that make up the global passenger rail sector?
- Who are the top competitors in the global passenger rail sector?
- What are the key stages of the global passenger rail sector value/supply chain?