Year-on-year change of monthly rail freight traffic in U.S. due to coronavirus 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 24, 2023
Since the beginning of 2020, rail traffic in the United States declined due to the coronavirus outbreak. Freight has since picked up in 2021, and even more in 2022. In February of that same year, rail freight traffic in the U.S. was up 11 percent compared to February 2021.
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Year-on-year change in monthly rail freight traffic in the United States from January 2020 to February 2022 (compared to previous year)

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Release date

March 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

January 2020 to February 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures prior to February 2022 were taken from previous releases which can be accessed here.
Figures have been rounded.
Figures are based on carloads transported.

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