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Mon, 30 Aug 2010

Railfreight in billion metric ton kilometers

Statistics for the first half of 2010 are out in Germany. In comparison to 2009, railfreight is up 13.8%, but the world crisis losses aren't fully compensated for. There is additional recovery since the end of June, though.

Germany DB Others France SNCF Others GB
1994 70.6 49.7 13.0
1995 69.7 49.0 13.3
1996 68.1 50.5 15.1
1997 73.2 52.6 16.9
1998 74.1 52.7 17.3
1999 76.8 52.1 18.2
2000 82.7 55.4 18.1
2001 81.0 50.4 19.4
2002 81.1 77.2 (-2.1%) 3.9 (+73.6%) 50.0 18.5
2003 85.1 79.2 (+2.6%) 5.9 (+52.6%) 46.8 18.9
2004 91.9 83.1 (+4.9%) 8.8 (+49.2%) 45.1 20.4
2005 95.4 81.7 (-1.7%) 13.7 (+55.9%) 40.7 21.7
2006 107.0 89.5 (+9.5%)¹ 17.5 (+27.9%) 40.9 40.7 0.2 21.9
2007 114.6 92.1 (+2.9%) 22.5 (+28.7%) 42.6 40.6 (-0.0%) 2.0 (+900%) 21.2
2008 115.7 91.2 (-1.0%) 24.5 (+8.6%) 40.6 35.9 (-11.6%) 4.7 (+135%) 20.6
2009 95.9 72.3 (-20.8%) 23.6 (-3.7%) 32.7 26.5 (-26.2%) 6.2 (+31.9%)
1. half 2010 52.5

¹ incl. buying the Ruhrkohle-AG-Railroad