Rail freight volume dropped in 2020, compared to 2019. This was due to a drop in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The steepest drops in freight volume were recorded in April and May 2020, each losing respectively 20 and 18 percent of net ton-kilometer year-over-year.
Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe from January to December 2020
Values represent the percent change in net ton-kilometer.
The European average includes data from Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
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IRG-Rail. (July 1, 2021). Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe from January to December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278575/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-europe-during-the-pandemic/
IRG-Rail. "Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe from January to December 2020." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278575/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-europe-during-the-pandemic/
IRG-Rail. (2021). Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe from January to December 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278575/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-europe-during-the-pandemic/
IRG-Rail. "Year-over-year Change in Freight Volume Hauled by Rail in Europe from January to December 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278575/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-europe-during-the-pandemic/
IRG-Rail, Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe from January to December 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278575/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-europe-during-the-pandemic/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe from January to December 2020 [Graph], IRG-Rail, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278575/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-europe-during-the-pandemic/
