North America - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in North America was 1,398,642 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,922,797 in 1995 and a minimum value of 1,128,073 in 1996.

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	1,128,073
1997	1,150,205
1998	1,185,350
1999	1,230,508
2000	1,270,713
2001	1,313,249
2002	1,316,367
2003	1,320,792
2004	1,393,126
2005	1,434,279
2006	1,525,536
2007	1,502,263
2008	1,430,094
2009	1,302,299
2010	1,412,043
2011	1,436,246
2012	1,434,299
2013	1,463,811
2014	1,558,406
2015	1,475,415
2016	1,355,753
2017	1,432,641
2018	1,485,385
2019	1,398,642

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in North America was 16,780 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,860 in 2014 and a minimum value of 11,638 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	11,731
1996	11,638
1997	12,093
1998	12,480
1999	12,704
2000	13,763
2001	13,376
2002	13,003
2003	13,239
2004	13,095
2005	13,436
2006	14,373
2007	15,905
2008	16,859
2009	16,160
2010	16,638
2011	16,992
2012	17,751
2013	18,706
2014	18,860
2015	18,696
2016	18,650
2017	17,391
2018	16,780

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation