Rail freight transport performance growth rate

RecordSTO-W0KW2XXM2M-1BXX2MVJQE-MH66N0

9.1%

European Union · 2021

Rail freight transport performance growth rate in the European Union was 9.1% in 2021 (Eurostat).

Original source
Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
EU rail freight transport performance decreased in 2025
Retrieved
18 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Following relaxations in the COVID-19 related restrictions in 2021, rail freight transport recovered with an 9.1% increase compared with 2020, reaching the level of 2018.

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APA

Statistical Office of the European Union. (2021). Railway freight transport statistics. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Railway_freight_transport_statistics. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_W0KW2XXM2M1BXX2MVJQEMH66N0

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MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Railway freight transport statistics." 2021, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Railway_freight_transport_statistics. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_W0KW2XXM2M1BXX2MVJQEMH66N0.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Railway freight transport statistics." 2021. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Railway_freight_transport_statistics. Accessed September 18, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_W0KW2XXM2M1BXX2MVJQEMH66N0.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2021railmh66n0, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Railway freight transport statistics}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_W0KW2XXM2M1BXX2MVJQEMH66N0}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Railway\_freight\_transport\_statistics. Accessed September 18, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Railway freight transport statistics
Type
Press release
Published
—
Locator
EU rail freight transport performance decreased in 2025
Retrieved
18 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_W0KW2XXM2M1BXX2MVJQEMH66N0