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In 2022, the EU rail freight transport for main undertakings (total volume of goods transported of at least 200 million tonne-kilometres or at least 500 000 tonnes) reached 398 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm), almost at the level registered in 2018 (400 billion tkm, the highest since 2012). However, compared with 2021, there was a slight decrease of 0.5% from 399 billion tkm.
Looking in detail, rail freight performance saw a clear recovery in all quarters of 2021, with the highest growth rate being observed in the second quarter of 2021 (+21%), followed by the third quarter (+8%). In the first and second quarters of 2022, performance increased by 4% and 2%, respectively, compared with the same quarters of 2021. This was followed by a third quarter with no change in performance and then a clear drop of 5% in the fourth quarter.
This information comes from data on railway freight transport published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on railway freight transport statistics.
Source: EUROSTAT
