Sri Lanka - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in Sri Lanka was 135.00 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 262.60 in 1984 and a minimum value of 88.20 in 2000.

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 206.30
1981 218.80
1982 216.80
1983 223.80
1984 262.60
1985 231.90
1986 203.60
1987 195.00
1988 197.50
1989 170.70
1990 163.80
1991 169.10
1992 166.00
1993 159.20
1994 154.00
1995 137.00
1996 108.00
1997 96.40
1998 106.00
1999 110.90
2000 88.20
2001 108.60
2002 124.00
2003 126.50
2004 136.90
2005 138.00
2006 138.00
2008 135.00

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Sri Lanka was 4,767 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,767 in 2008 and a minimum value of 1,734 in 1989.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1980 3,799
1981 2,985
1982 3,121
1983 2,447
1984 2,280
1985 2,101
1986 1,973
1987 2,059
1988 1,859
1989 1,734
1990 2,781
1991 2,690
1992 2,613
1993 2,822
1994 3,201
1995 3,321
1996 3,103
1997 3,147
1998 3,147
1999 3,175
2003 4,627
2004 4,684
2005 4,682
2006 4,682
2008 4,767

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation