With more than 280 billion ton kilometers transported, road transport was the most used form of freight transportation in France in 2015. Furthermore, approximately 34 billion ton kilometers of freight were moved using the railway system in France.
Volume of freight transported by land in France in 2015, by mode of transport (in billion ton-kilometers)***
* Ton-kilometers is the unit of measurement used to describe the transportation of one ton of freight on a distance of one kilometer. For example the transportation of two tons of freight on a distance of 100 kilometers corresponds to 200 ton-kilometers. Likewise the transportation of five tons of freight on a distance of 40 kilometers corresponds to 200 ton-kilometers.
** Does not include the Rhine and the Moselle river.
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Ministère de l'environnement, de l'énergie et de la mer, & SOeS. (September 5, 2016). Volume of freight transported by land in France in 2015, by mode of transport (in billion ton-kilometers)*** [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/456527/freight-transported-by-land-in-france-form-of-transport/
Ministère de l'environnement, de l'énergie et de la mer, und SOeS. "Volume of freight transported by land in France in 2015, by mode of transport (in billion ton-kilometers)***." Chart. September 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/456527/freight-transported-by-land-in-france-form-of-transport/
Ministère de l'environnement, de l'énergie et de la mer, SOeS. (2016). Volume of freight transported by land in France in 2015, by mode of transport (in billion ton-kilometers)***. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/456527/freight-transported-by-land-in-france-form-of-transport/
Ministère de l'environnement, de l'énergie et de la mer, and SOeS. "Volume of Freight Transported by Land in France in 2015, by Mode of Transport (in Billion Ton-kilometers)***." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Sep 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/456527/freight-transported-by-land-in-france-form-of-transport/
Ministère de l'environnement, de l'énergie et de la mer & SOeS, Volume of freight transported by land in France in 2015, by mode of transport (in billion ton-kilometers)*** Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/456527/freight-transported-by-land-in-france-form-of-transport/ (last visited May 25, 2022)
