Japan - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in Japan was 20,117 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,101 in 1995 and a minimum value of 19,369 in 2018.

Definition: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

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Year Value
1995 25,101
1996 24,968
1997 24,617
1998 22,920
1999 22,541
2000 22,136
2001 22,193
2002 22,131
2003 22,794
2004 22,476
2005 22,813
2006 23,192
2007 23,334
2008 22,256
2009 20,562
2010 20,398
2011 19,998
2012 20,471
2013 21,071
2014 21,029
2015 21,519
2016 21,265
2017 21,663
2018 19,369
2019 20,117

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Japan was 437,363 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 437,363 in 2017 and a minimum value of 382,239 in 2002.

Definition: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

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Year Value
1995 400,084
1996 402,156
1997 395,278
1998 388,917
1999 385,098
2000 384,287
2001 385,402
2002 382,239
2003 385,012
2004 385,163
2005 391,215
2006 395,908
2007 405,544
2008 404,585
2009 393,765
2010 393,466
2011 395,067
2012 404,396
2013 414,387
2014 413,970
2015 427,486
2016 431,799
2017 437,363

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation