Miles of freight railroad operated by U.S. railroads

The statistic shows the miles of freight railroad operated by U.S. railroads in 2011 by state. In that year, U.S. railroads operated a total number of 3,632 miles of freight railroad in Michigan.

Miles of freight railroad* operated by U.S. railroads** in 2011, by state

State	Miles of freight railroad
Alabama	3,255
Alaska	506
Arizona	1,645
Arkansas	2,698
California	5,327
Colorado	2,667
Connecticut	364
Delaware	250
District of Columbia	23
Florida	2,902
Georgia	4,666
Hawaii	0
Idaho	1,622
Illinois	7,027
Indiana	4,273
Iowa	3,855
Kansas	4,855
Kentucky	2,562
Louisiana	2,912
Maine	1,116
Maryland	762
Massachusetts	892
Michigan	3,632
Minnesota	4,449
Mississippi	2,432
Missouri	3,958
Montana	3,172
Nebraska	3,247
Nevada	1,192
New Hampshire	344
New Jersey	983
New Mexico	1,835
New York	3,532
North Carolina	3,245
North Dakota	3,328
Ohio	5,338
Oklahoma	3,273
Oregon	2,396
Pennsylvania	5,127
Rhode Island	19
South Carolina	2,292
South Dakota	1,754
Tennessee	2,651
Texas	10,425
Utah	1,343
Vermont	590
Virginia	3,214
Washington	3,157
West Virginia	2,213
Wisconsin	3,385
Wyoming	1,860

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Release date

2013

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United States

Survey time period

2011

Supplementary notes

Excludes miles owned by Amtrak.
Data in this statistic include trackage rights.
* Miles of railroad operated is synonymous with route-miles (so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track). Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included. Year-to-year changes in miles operated are due to both changes in track mileage and changes in the number of railroads with rights for the same track.
** Class I, regional, linehaul, switching and terminal, and Canadian railroads.

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