Rail freight traffic increased by 18 per cent in the third quarter of 2024

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release | Railway statistics 2024, 3rd quarter

According to Statistics Finland, a total of 18,7 million trips was travelled by rail in the third quarter of 2024, which was 10 per cent less than in the same quarter last year. Freight transported by rail was 7,3 million tons, which was 18 per cent more than in the third quarter of 2023.

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  • Number of passenger kilometres in railway traffic decreased by one per cent in the third quarter of 2024.
  • Tonnekilometres in rail freight increased by 21 per cent compared to corresponding quarter of 2023

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      Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Railway statistics [online publication].
      Reference period: 2024, 3rd quarter. ISSN=2670-3351. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.12.2024].
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