Global Passenger Rail

Introduction

Global Passenger Rail industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global passenger rail market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

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. Sector volumes are given in passenger-kilometers (PKM) and international traffic is counted in the country of origin. Sector values in the report consist of revenues generated by operating companies through ticket sales, and so exclude state subsidies. All currency conversions used in the creation of the report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.
• The global passenger rail sector is expected to generate total revenues of $218.8bn in 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8% between 2008 and 2012.
• Sector volume is forecast to increase with a CAGR of 3.7% between 2008-2012, to reach a total of 3,193.8 billion PKM in 2012.
• The performance of the sector is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.6% for the five-year period 2012 - 2017, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $273.6bn by the end of 2017.

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