Government officials and rail industry leaders gathered at Siemens Mobility’s manufacturing and rail services center in Lexington, North Carolina, to mark a key milestone in American rail manufacturing.

Site construction is complete, production is underway, and the first locally built passenger coaches are on track for delivery in Summer 2026.

Siemens Mobility’s New Manufacturing Location

The $220 million facility is Siemens Mobility’s newest manufacturing location in the US and will play a critical role in meeting growing demand for passenger rail across the country. First announced in March 2023, the greenfield Lexington site now spans 10 buildings across 200 acres.

With more than 375 employees already hired, the site is on track to meet its commitment to create 500 new jobs by 2028, strengthening North Carolina’s economy and helping transform rail across the country, Siemens officials said. It is dedicated to manufacturing Siemens Venture passenger coaches and serving as the company’s East Coast rail services hub, supporting maintenance and overhaul work for bogies, locomotives, and coaches, with the potential to support light rail vehicles in the future. 

Once fully operational, the state-of-the-art facility will be the first in North America to offer both coach and locomotive overhauls and leverage advanced digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, robotics, real‑time analytics, and augmented reality, to streamline operations, enhance decision‑making, and set a new global benchmark for automated manufacturing.

Ringing in the next generation of American rail, the site was strategically designed with a dedicated rail bridge connecting directly to the mainline, enabling finished trains to be shipped efficiently to customers across the East Coast and beyond, Siemens said.

“Our $220 million investment in Lexington reflects our long-term commitment to American manufacturing and to the communities that help power our industry,” said Tobias Bauer, CEO of Siemens Mobility North America. “By creating more than 500 skilled jobs and expanding our U.S. production and service footprint, we are bringing advanced rail manufacturing closer to our East Coast customers while strengthening support for partners across the country. With a truly end-to-end rail portfolio built in America, we are well-positioned to help shape the next chapter of American rail.”

Keys to the Location

Located in Davidson County in the heart of the Piedmont Triad, Lexington offers access to a strong workforce and key transportation networks.

Supported in part by a Job Development Investment Grant from the State of North Carolina — projected to add $1.6 billion to the state’s economy over 12 years — the Lexington facility builds on Siemens’ broader commitment to American industry. 

Across all businesses, Siemens employs approximately 45,000 people in the US, works with 12,000 suppliers, and operates 24 manufacturing facilities nationwide, having invested $700 million in U.S. manufacturing and more than $20 billion in its technology stack since 2007 to support the next era of digital and data‑driven transformation.