United States - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in United States was 2,364,144 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,709,558 in 2006 and a minimum value of 1,922,797 in 1995.

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	1,922,797
1996	2,010,520
1997	2,030,952
1998	2,114,555
1999	2,195,309
2000	2,257,583
2001	2,334,980
2002	2,344,032
2003	2,341,159
2004	2,458,440
2005	2,530,605
2006	2,709,558
2007	2,656,604
2008	2,525,364
2009	2,309,811
2010	2,491,450
2011	2,524,667
2012	2,500,300
2013	2,541,355
2014	2,702,743
2015	2,537,845
2016	2,314,699
2017	2,445,138
2018	2,525,224
2019	2,364,144

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in United States was 31,963 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36,393 in 2014 and a minimum value of 21,866 in 1996.

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	22,079
1996	21,866
1997	22,746
1998	23,490
1999	23,911
2000	25,977
2001	25,198
2002	24,410
2003	25,044
2004	24,777
2005	25,394
2006	27,296
2007	30,358
2008	32,143
2009	30,907
2010	31,872
2011	32,580
2012	34,126
2013	36,047
2014	36,393
2015	36,044
2016	35,892
2017	33,256
2018	31,963

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation