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Freight Rail Services
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Freight Rail Services Trade Data

Freight Rail Services Trade Data

Cumulative Volume of Rail Traffic over First 30 Weeks of the 2020 Calendar Year.

Source: The Association of American Railroads (AAR), Data Center, Rail Traffic Data, Weekly Rail Traffic Data (published weekly).

Rail TrafficVolume in 2019Volume in 2020DifferencePercentage Decrease from 2019 to 2020
Total Traffic (Carloads + Intermodal)15,520,71613,549,5851,971,13112.7
Carloads7,547,4846,332,3391,215,14516.1
Intermodal7,966,0557,217,246748,8099.4

Weekly Volume of Rail Traffic, for July 2019 and July 2020.

Source: The Association of American Railroads (AAR), Data Center, Rail Traffic Data, Weekly Rail Traffic Data (published weekly).

Weekly Rail TrafficVolume, 7/11/2019Volume, 7/11/2020DifferencePercentage Decrease from 2019 to 2020
Total Traffic (Carloads + Intermodal Containers)527,723449,09278,63114.9
Carloads260,935201,70359,23222.7
Intermodal Containers267,159247,38919,7707.4

 

Weekly Rail TrafficVolume, 7/18/2019Volume, 7/18/2020DifferencePercentage Decrease from 2019 to 2020
Total Traffic (Carloads + Intermodal Containers)526,336481,59744,7398.5
Carloads254,668214,68539,98315.7
Intermodal Containers271,528266,9124,6161.7

 

Weekly Rail TrafficVolume, 7/25/2019Volume, 7/25/2020DifferencePercentage Decrease from 2019 to 2020
Total Traffic (Carloads + Intermodal Containers)534,219481,33152,8889.9
Carloads261,765215,17146,59417.8
Intermodal Containers272,705266,1606,5452.4

To view the original data, please visit the Association of American Railroads Data Center Rail Traffic Data. Note that weekly data is only publicly available for the most recent two calendar weeks. 

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