Main rail freight operators in the Europe 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 20, 2024
In 2021, the Deutsche Bahn was the leading freight operator in Europe. It hauled just under 84,850 million ton-kilometers worth of freight in 2021, dwarfing all other freight operators. VDV, based in Germany, was second in the ranking, at around 37,321 million metric ton-kilometer.

Leading European rail freight operators in 2021 (in million tonne-kilometers)

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February 2023

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Europe

Survey time period

2021

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Data based on operators which are members of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), which represents 76 percent of the European rail freight business.

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