Metro Vehicles - Global Market Trends

The urbanisation, the increasing mobility of the people and the climate change result in an increasing demand for efficient and modern public transport systems. Metro is such an environmentally friendly transport mode which has become much more important in the last few years. Many regions have invested in the new development and upgrading of their metro systems. The line network of the worldwide metro system grew from around 7 250 km in 2005 to 9 400 km in 2010.

Based on the current developments, this Multi Client Study delivers an analysis and well-founded estimate of the market for metro vehicles and network development.

The study is a complete revision of previous successful studies.

In concrete terms, this market study includes:

• A regionally differentiated look at the worldwide market for metro vehicles including an in-depth analysis of all important markets of the individual countries
• A comprehensive analysis of the current fleet stocks concerning quantities and age structures as well as future procurement potential until 2015
• An overview of the most important drivers behind the procurement and refurbishment of metro vehicles in the individual regions
• A worldwide presentation of metro systems, future infrastructure projects and forecast of the network development until 2020
• An overview of metro vehicle manufacturers including a brief description of the current range of products and services as well as production capacities, analysis of the current market shares of important manufacturers
• A condensed presentation of the most important fleet-specific features of metro vehicles of all countries presented in detail and regions in the form of diagrams
• A list of all vehicle stocks of metro operators in the annex to the study.
• Overview of automated guided transit systems in the annex to the study

The market study is based on a number of sources of information from the press and discussions with experts which are continuously analysed, validated and entered into the SCI Database.

The report is available in German and English language.

SCI Verkehr GmbH is an independent consul¬tancy company specialising in the technology and economics of transport. We have close connections to the rail industry, with consultants in a wide range of specialist fields. We have an extensive network of experts in Germany and abroad, and we specialise in market and strategy aspects for the mobility sector. Our activities focus on companies in the transport and rail industry, logistics, public and private transport companies and transport and economics departments in public administration at federal, regional and community level.

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