Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that makes use of the telecommunications between the train and track equipment for the traffic management and infrastructure control. By means of the CBTC systems, the exact position of a train is known more accurately than with the traditional signaling systems. This results in a more efficient and safe way to manage the railway traffic. Metros (and other railway systems) are able to improve headways while maintaining or even improving safety.

According to APO Research, The global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global companies of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) include Alstom SA, CRSC, BJ-TCT, Siemens AG, Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric, Thales Group, Nippon Signal and UniTTEC, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC), with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC).

The Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, gross margin by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Segment by Company

Alstom SA
CRSC
BJ-TCT
Siemens AG
Hitachi Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric
Thales Group
Nippon Signal
UniTTEC
Wabtec Corporation
Toshiba

Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Segment by Type

Basic CBTC
I-CBTC

Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Segment by Application

City Metro System
Passenger and Freight Rail System

Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC).
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of global and regional market size and CAGR for the history and forecast period (2020-2025, 2026-2031). It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 4: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 5: Detailed analysis of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product introduction, revenue, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.3 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Overview by Region 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.4 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Region (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
1.4.2 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size (2020-2031)
1.5.1 North America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.2 Europe Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.4 South America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.5 Middle East & Africa Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
2 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market by Type

2.1 Type Introduction
2.1.1 Basic CBTC
2.1.2 I-CBTC
2.2 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Type
2.2.1 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
2.2.2 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
2.2.3 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecasted by Type (2026-2031)
2.3 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Regions
2.3.1 North America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Europe Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Asia-Pacific Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.4 South America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.5 Middle East and Africa Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
3 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market by Application

3.1 Type Introduction
3.1.1 City Metro System
3.1.2 Passenger and Freight Rail System
3.2 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Application
3.2.1 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
3.2.2 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
3.2.3 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecasted by Application (2026-2031)
3.3 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Regions
3.3.1 North America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.2 Europe Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.3 Asia-Pacific Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.4 South America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.5 Middle East and Africa Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
4 Global Market Dynamics

4.1 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Industry Trends
4.2 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Industry Drivers
4.3 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Industry Opportunities and Challenges
4.4 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Industry Restraints
5 Competitive Insights by Company

5.1 Global Top Players by Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
5.3 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Key Company Headquarters & Area Served
5.4 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Company, Product Type & Application
5.5 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Company Commercialization Time
5.6 Market Competitive Analysis
5.6.1 Global Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market CR5 and HHI
5.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
5.6.3 2024 Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
6 Company Profiles

6.1 Alstom SA
6.1.1 Alstom SA Comapny Information
6.1.2 Alstom SA Business Overview
6.1.3 Alstom SA Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Alstom SA Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Alstom SA Recent Developments
6.2 CRSC
6.2.1 CRSC Comapny Information
6.2.2 CRSC Business Overview
6.2.3 CRSC Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 CRSC Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.2.5 CRSC Recent Developments
6.3 BJ-TCT
6.3.1 BJ-TCT Comapny Information
6.3.2 BJ-TCT Business Overview
6.3.3 BJ-TCT Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 BJ-TCT Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.3.5 BJ-TCT Recent Developments
6.4 Siemens AG
6.4.1 Siemens AG Comapny Information
6.4.2 Siemens AG Business Overview
6.4.3 Siemens AG Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Siemens AG Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Siemens AG Recent Developments
6.5 Hitachi Ltd.
6.5.1 Hitachi Ltd. Comapny Information
6.5.2 Hitachi Ltd. Business Overview
6.5.3 Hitachi Ltd. Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Hitachi Ltd. Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Hitachi Ltd. Recent Developments
6.6 Mitsubishi Electric
6.6.1 Mitsubishi Electric Comapny Information
6.6.2 Mitsubishi Electric Business Overview
6.6.3 Mitsubishi Electric Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Mitsubishi Electric Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Mitsubishi Electric Recent Developments
6.7 Thales Group
6.7.1 Thales Group Comapny Information
6.7.2 Thales Group Business Overview
6.7.3 Thales Group Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Thales Group Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Thales Group Recent Developments
6.8 Nippon Signal
6.8.1 Nippon Signal Comapny Information
6.8.2 Nippon Signal Business Overview
6.8.3 Nippon Signal Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Nippon Signal Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Nippon Signal Recent Developments
6.9 UniTTEC
6.9.1 UniTTEC Comapny Information
6.9.2 UniTTEC Business Overview
6.9.3 UniTTEC Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 UniTTEC Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.9.5 UniTTEC Recent Developments
6.10 Wabtec Corporation
6.10.1 Wabtec Corporation Comapny Information
6.10.2 Wabtec Corporation Business Overview
6.10.3 Wabtec Corporation Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Wabtec Corporation Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Wabtec Corporation Recent Developments
6.11 Toshiba
6.11.1 Toshiba Comapny Information
6.11.2 Toshiba Business Overview
6.11.3 Toshiba Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Toshiba Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Toshiba Recent Developments
7 North America

7.1 North America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 North America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.3 North America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe

8.1 Europe Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Europe Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.3 Europe Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific

9.1 Asia-Pacific Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2 Asia-Pacific Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.3 Asia-Pacific Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America

10.1 South America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2 South America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.3 South America Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East & Africa

11.1 Middle East & Africa Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2 Middle East & Africa Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.3 Middle East & Africa Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Concluding Insights
13 Appendix

13.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
13.2 Research Methodology
13.3 Research Process
13.4 Authors List of This Report
13.5 Data Source
13.5.1 Secondary Sources
13.5.2 Primary Sources

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