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Statistics and facts about the rail industry

The average annual market volume of railway technology in North America was 19.9 billion euros between 2010 and 2012. Asia was the region with the highest market volume, followed by Western Europe. The compound annual growth rate of the North American railway technology market is five percent between 2010 and 2015.

The leading railway vehicle manufacturer based on revenue in 2010 was CSR Corporation. CSR stands for China South Locomotive Corporation. It is a state-owned enterprise headquarted in Beijing, China. In North America, the leading railroad company based on revenue was Union Pacific. In 2010, the company brought in more than 16 billion US-dollars in revenue.

U.S. railroads are divided into Class I railroads and other railroads. Between 1995 and 2010, the number of Class I railroads declined from 11 to 7 railroads. The number of other railroads increased to 558 in 2010. Photo: istockphoto.com / scanrail

Top statistics for the topic Rail industry

Global market volume of railway technology from 2010 to 2012, by world region (in billion euros) show statistic	Australia/Pacific	3.20
Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2011 (Top 20; in kilometers) show statistic	EU	228710
Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest quality of railroad infrastructure in 2011/2012 show statistic	Switzerland	6.80

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Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2011 (Top 20; in kilometers) show statistic	EU	228710
Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest quality of railroad infrastructure in 2011/2012 show statistic	Switzerland	6.80
Global market volume of railway technology from 2010 to 2012, by world region (in billion euros) show statistic	Australia/Pacific	3.20
Leading railway vehicle manufacturers worldwide in 2010, by revenue (in billion euros) show statistic	CSR Corporation	5.20
Leading 5 North American railroad companies based on revenues in 2010 (in million U.S. dollars) show statistic	Canadian National Railway	8056

Global rail industry

Total volume of the global market for railway technology from 2006 to 2015 (in billion euros) show statistic	2015	160
Worldwide market volume of railroad technology by region from 2009 to 2015 (in billion Euros) show statistic	2015*, Europe / Middle East / Africa	59.50
Global railway technology market volume in 2010, by region (in billion euros) show statistic	Australia/ Pacific	2.90
Compound annual growth rate of the global railway technology market by region from 2010 to 2015 show statistic	Australia/ Pacific	2.30%
Global annual market volume of railway technology by segment from 2009 to 2011 (in billion Euros) show statistic	Total, Western Europe	32
Market volume forecast for rail freight services in 2010/2011 compared to 2015/2016, by selected region (in billion euros) show statistic	Latin America, 2010 to 2011	5
Performance of global rail freight services in 2010 and 2011, by region (in billion ton kilometers) show statistic	Africa, 2010	139.20
Performance of global rail passenger traffic in 2010 and 2011, by region (in billion passenger kilometers) show statistic	North and South America, 2010	12
Share of OEM* and after-sales-service in product segments in the global railway technology market in 2010 show statistic	Systems technology, OEM	53.00%

U.S. rail industry

Number of railroads in the United States from 1995 to 2010 show statistic	10, Class I railroads	7
Trends in railroad employment numbers in the United States from 2000 to 2010 show statistic	2010	227000
Revenue ton-miles of freight for U.S. freight railroads from 2001 to 2011 (in millions) show statistic	2011	1729300
Volume of rail freight transported in the United States from 2002 to 2011 (in billion tonne-kilometers) show statistic	2011	2454
U.S. average freight revenue per ton-mile in class I rail traffic from 1990 to 2010 (in current U.S. cents) show statistic	2010	3.33
Total operating revenues of U.S. class I rail from 1990 to 2010 (in current million U.S. dollars) show statistic	2010	58406
Net income of U.S. class I freight railroads from 2005 to 2011 (in billion U.S. dollars) show statistic	2011	11
Capital expenditure of U.S. class I freight railroads from 2005 to 2011 (in billion U.S. dollars) show statistic	2011	11.60

U.S. freight rail car fleet

Total number of U.S. freight rail cars from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	1283225
Number of new freight rail cars in the United States from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	47500
Average age of freight rail cars in the United States from 2005 to 2011 (in years) show statistic	2011	23.70
Average capacity of freight rail cars in the United States from 2005 to 2011 (in tons) show statistic	2011	104.30
Number of box cars (all sizes) in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	89907
Number of gondola cars in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	202793
Number of uncovered hopper cars in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	151410
Number of covered hopper cars in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	394282
Number of flat cars in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	155816
Number of refrigerator cars in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	14479
Number of tank cars in U.S. freight rail car fleet from 2005 to 2011 show statistic	2011	270735

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