Locomotive Market Report 2025

This Locomotive market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The locomotive market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $21.7 billion in 2024 to $23.8 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing demand for efficient transportation systems, increasing rolling stock manufacturing and global rail infrastructure development, increasing investments, increasingly hybrid and battery-electric locomotive, and rising demand for advanced power components.

The locomotive market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $33.95 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing safety concerns, increasing traffic congestion, rising demand for public transportation, increasing urbanization, and increasing demand for rail transport. Major trends in the forecast period include electrification of rail networks, growing investments in advanced locomotive technologies, adoption of digitalization and data analytics, artificial intelligence, and railway management systems.

The growing demand for rail transport is anticipated to drive the expansion of the locomotive market in the coming years. Rail transport involves the movement of passengers and goods via trains on fixed tracks or railways, relying on a specialized infrastructure that includes tracks, bridges, tunnels, and stations. This method facilitates efficient and sustainable land transportation. The demand for rail transport is fueled by its efficiency in freight movement, investments in infrastructure, and supportive government policies and incentives. Locomotives are essential for the effective operation of railways, allowing the transport of goods and passengers over long distances and offering flexibility for various operational requirements. For example, Eurostat, a Luxembourg-based intergovernmental organization, reported that in 2021, passengers traveled approximately 260 billion passenger kilometers on European railways, which increased to 393.37 billion passenger kilometers in 2022. Consequently, the rising demand for rail transport is boosting the locomotive market.

Leading companies in the locomotive market are concentrating on developing advanced products such as next-generation hybrid locomotives to reduce emissions, boost fuel efficiency, and enhance operational flexibility by combining electric and diesel propulsion systems. These hybrid locomotives represent a significant advancement in the rail industry's pursuit of more sustainable and efficient transportation solutions. For example, in May 2024, CRRC Corporation Limited, a China-based rolling stock manufacturer, introduced ten six-axle FXN3B locomotives, marking a new generation of hybrid locomotives. These locomotives have begun shunting in Beijing, demonstrating significant technological advancements in China's railway sector. They are modular and standardized with other machines in the Fuxing platform, making maintenance and repairs easier.

In June 2023, The CBH Group, an Australia-based agricultural company, acquired Narrow-Gauge Locomotives from Wabtec for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition is aimed at expanding CBH’s fleet of narrow-gauge locomotives and strengthening its rail infrastructure. The investment is vital for supporting CBH’s ‘Path to 2033’ strategy, which targets increasing monthly export capacity to 3 million tonnes by 2033. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a US-based industrial company, specializes in providing locomotives.

Major companies operating in the locomotive market are Siemens AG, Tata Motors Limited, CRRC Corporation Limited, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Alstom SA, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Knorr-Bremse AG, Wabtec Corporation, Transnet SOC Ltd., Stadler Rail, Progress Rail, Hyundai Rotem Co., Strukton Rail B.V., Hitachi Rail, KONČAR - Elektroindustrija d.d., Pesa SA, Brookville Equipment Corporation, Akiem SA, Škoda Transportation a.s., PT Industri Kereta Api (Persero), Bombardier Transportation, Taiwan Rolling Stock Company.

Asia Pacific was the largest region in the locomotive Market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the locomotive market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the locomotive market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

A locomotive is a powerful engine designed to pull trains along railway tracks, providing the necessary traction to move freight or passenger cars from one place to another. It is essential in transportation, logistics, industry, tourism, and emergency response.

The main types of locomotives include diesel and electric. Diesel locomotives use diesel engines to drive electric generators, which in turn power electric traction motors. Key components include rectifiers, inverters, traction motors, and alternators, utilizing technologies such as IGBT power modules, GTO thyristor modules, and SiC power modules. These locomotives serve various end-users, including freight and passenger transport.

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The locomotive market consists of sales of shunting locomotives, battery electric locomotives, and hybrid locomotives. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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