This statistic represents the performance of global rail freight traffic in 2005 and 2015 and gives a forecast of the market development in 2025. In 2015, the global rail freight traffic amounted to over 10 trillion ton kilometers and is expected to reach just under 12 trillion ton kilometers by 2025.
Global rail freight traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion ton kilometers)
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SCI Verkehr. (March 8, 2017). Global rail freight traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion ton kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/739302/global-freight-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr. "Global rail freight traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion ton kilometers)." Chart. March 8, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/739302/global-freight-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr. (2017). Global rail freight traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion ton kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/739302/global-freight-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr. "Global Rail Freight Traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in Billion Ton Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2017, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/739302/global-freight-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr, Global rail freight traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion ton kilometers) Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/739302/global-freight-transport-performance/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Global rail freight traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion ton kilometers) [Graph], SCI Verkehr, March 8, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/739302/global-freight-transport-performance/