This statistic illustrates the rail freight activity in the Americas between 2006 and 2018. Here, some 2.4 trillion tonne kilometers of cargo was transported on railways in 2018. That year, global rail freight traffic came to around nine trillion tonne kilometers.
Rail freight traffic in America from 2006 to 2018
(in billion tonne kilometers)
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UIC. (August 5, 2019). Rail freight traffic in America from 2006 to 2018 (in billion tonne kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/261183/rail-freight-activity-in-america/
UIC. "Rail freight traffic in America from 2006 to 2018 (in billion tonne kilometers)." Chart. August 5, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 17, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261183/rail-freight-activity-in-america/
UIC. (2019). Rail freight traffic in America from 2006 to 2018 (in billion tonne kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261183/rail-freight-activity-in-america/
UIC. "Rail Freight Traffic in America from 2006 to 2018 (in Billion Tonne Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261183/rail-freight-activity-in-america/
UIC, Rail freight traffic in America from 2006 to 2018 (in billion tonne kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261183/rail-freight-activity-in-america/ (last visited February 17, 2020)
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