Siemens opens new North Carolina facility
posted on 7th Apr 2026 18:55
On 7 April 2026, 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.
The 220 million USD facility is Siemens Mobility’s newest manufacturing location in the United States 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 ten buildings across 200 acres.
With more than 375 employees already hired, the site is on the way to meeting its commitment to create 500 new jobs by 2028, strengthening North Carolina’s economy and helping transform rail across the country. It is dedicated to manufacturing Siemens Venture passenger coaches - among the most modern and innovative in the North American market - 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 works 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 that connects directly to the mainline, enabling finished trains to be shipped efficiently to customers across the East Coast and beyond.
“The Amtrak trainsets built at the Siemens Lexington facility will play a critical role in delivering a new era of passenger rail, starting with our Airo fleet, which will be the first trains manufactured at this site," said Amtrak President Roger Harris.
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 USD 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 United States, works with 12,000 suppliers, and operates 24 manufacturing facilities nationwide, having invested 700 million USD in U.S. manufacturing and more than 20 billion USD in its technology stack since 2007 to support the next era of digital and data-driven transformation.
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