In 2020, the rail freight market was worth some 247.4 billion U.S. dollars worldwide. Projections estimate that the market will grow to almost 280 billion U.S. dollars in 2026, at a compound annual growth rate of about two percent per year.
Projected global rail freight market size between 2020 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Overview
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- Premium Statistic Projected global rail freight market size 2020-2026
- Premium Statistic Projected rail freight activity worldwide 2015-2050
- Premium Statistic Rail freight traffic worldwide, by region 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Rail freight demand in key markets 2019
- Basic Statistic Leading freight transportation companies globally 2022
- Premium Statistic World's largest railway companies by market value 2022
Segments
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- Premium Statistic European rail freight load factor in key countries 2020
- Premium Statistic Freight operators' revenue in European countries 2021
- Premium Statistic Year-over-year monthly change in freight volume hauled by rail in Europe 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic North American rail freight by commodity type 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Rail freight traffic in the Americas 2006–2020
- Premium Statistic Asia Oceania and the Middle East rail freight traffic 2006-2019
- Premium Statistic Railway freight traffic in China 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic African rail freight traffic 2006–2020
Companies
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- Premium Statistic North American railroad companies' revenue ton-miles (RTM) 2022
- Premium Statistic North American railroad companies by carloads 2022
- Premium Statistic Main rail freight operators in the Europe 2021
- Premium Statistic Union Pacific Corporation's revenue carloads by commodity FY 2022
- Premium Statistic Canadian National Railway freight revenue by commodity FY 2022
- Premium Statistic CSX Transportation merchandise revenue by commodity FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Norfolk Southern Railway's merchandise revenue by commodity 2021
- Premium Statistic Revenue of Daqin Railway in China 2009-2021
Special focus on emissions
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- Basic Statistic Breakdown of CO₂ emissions in the transportation sector worldwide 2022, by sub sector
- Basic Statistic Transportation emissions outlook worldwide 2000-2070, by mode
- Basic Statistic Rail transportation CO₂ emissions in the EU-27 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Average GHG emissions in the EU-27 by mode of freight transport 2018
- Premium Statistic Projected freight CO2 emissions worldwide 2015-2050
Further related statistics
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- Rail freight services - market volume forecast 2010-2016
- Global passenger and freight rail market volume by region, 2005-2007 average
- Global passenger and freight rail market volume, by segment
- Global passenger and freight rail market volume 2005-2007
- Volume of rail freight transport operators in the Netherlands 2010-2017
- Construction freight moved by train in Great Britain 2002-2021
- Oil and petroleum moved by freight train in Great Britain 2002-2021
- Estonia: rail freight as share of total inland freight transport 2007 to 2021
- Poland: rail freight as share of total inland freight transport from 2007-2021
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- Rail freight services - market volume forecast 2010-2016
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- Global passenger and freight rail market volume, by segment
- Global passenger and freight rail market volume 2005-2007
- Volume of rail freight transport operators in the Netherlands 2010-2017
- Construction freight moved by train in Great Britain 2002-2021
- Oil and petroleum moved by freight train in Great Britain 2002-2021
- Estonia: rail freight as share of total inland freight transport 2007 to 2021
- Poland: rail freight as share of total inland freight transport from 2007-2021
Mordor Intelligence. (September 2, 2021). Projected global rail freight market size between 2020 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261412/rail-freight-market-worldwide-forecast/
Mordor Intelligence. "Projected global rail freight market size between 2020 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261412/rail-freight-market-worldwide-forecast/
Mordor Intelligence. (2021). Projected global rail freight market size between 2020 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261412/rail-freight-market-worldwide-forecast/
Mordor Intelligence. "Projected Global Rail Freight Market Size between 2020 and 2026 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261412/rail-freight-market-worldwide-forecast/
Mordor Intelligence, Projected global rail freight market size between 2020 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261412/rail-freight-market-worldwide-forecast/ (last visited April 28, 2024)
Projected global rail freight market size between 2020 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Mordor Intelligence, September 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261412/rail-freight-market-worldwide-forecast/