Australia - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in Australia was 64,172 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64,172 in 2010 and a minimum value of 11,465 in 1980.

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

Source: World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division.

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Year Value
1980 11,465
1981 11,982
1982 13,079
1983 13,177
1984 15,369
1985 18,438
1986 20,450
1987 20,871
1988 20,676
1989 20,884
1990 22,579
1991 22,869
1992 24,719
1993 24,614
1994 25,175
1995 26,604
1996 26,368
1997 28,408
1998 30,119
1999 31,605
2000 34,050
2001 38,525
2002 40,628
2003 41,314
2004 42,300
2005 46,164
2006 46,486
2007 60,126
2008 61,019
2009 62,083
2010 64,172

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Australia was 1,500 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,546 in 2009 and a minimum value of 1,093 in 1997.

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

Source: World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division.

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Year Value
1997 1,093
1999 1,155
2000 1,265
2001 1,497
2002 1,379
2003 1,347
2005 1,290
2006 1,309
2007 1,309
2008 1,526
2009 1,546
2010 1,500

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation