As of 2022, there were 997,000 cargo trains operating in China, an increase of 11,000 vehicles from the previous year. In that year, China's rail freight volume reached nearly five billion metric tons.
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Ministry of Transport of China. (June 16, 2023). Number of freight trains operating in China from 2015 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337211/number-railroad-cargo-trains/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Number of freight trains operating in China from 2015 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337211/number-railroad-cargo-trains/
Ministry of Transport of China. (2023). Number of freight trains operating in China from 2015 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337211/number-railroad-cargo-trains/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Number of Freight Trains Operating in China from 2015 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337211/number-railroad-cargo-trains/
Ministry of Transport of China, Number of freight trains operating in China from 2015 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337211/number-railroad-cargo-trains/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of freight trains operating in China from 2015 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Transport of China, June 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337211/number-railroad-cargo-trains/