European Union - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in European Union was 10,625 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,792 in 2018 and a minimum value of 7,694 in 2009.

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 8,944
1996 8,455
1997 9,239
1998 9,075
1999 8,801
2000 9,513
2001 9,207
2002 9,732
2003 10,080
2004 10,297
2005 10,173
2006 10,739
2007 10,286
2008 10,268
2009 7,694
2010 8,693
2011 9,257
2012 9,275
2013 9,470
2014 10,158
2015 10,010
2016 10,528
2017 10,507
2018 10,792
2019 10,625

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in European Union was 5,577 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,639 in 2008 and a minimum value of 4,571 in 2012.

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 5,813
1996 5,927
1997 6,433
1998 6,091
1999 6,035
2000 6,419
2001 6,510
2002 6,176
2003 6,206
2004 6,332
2005 6,402
2006 6,598
2007 6,627
2008 6,639
2009 6,248
2010 6,008
2011 5,894
2012 4,571
2013 5,744
2014 5,892
2015 5,979
2016 5,821
2017 5,663
2018 5,577

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation