Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Bulgaria recorded a rise in its freight volume of 16 percent year-over-year. By contrast, Latvia recorded a loss of almost half its freight volume between 2019 and 2020. Latvia further recorded the steepest slump in freight train departures in Europe during that same time period.
Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in selected European countries between 2019 and 2020
Characteristic
Year-over-year change
Bulgaria
16%
Greece
14%
Croatia
12%
Hungary
2%
Finland
-1%
Sweden
-1%
Lithuania
-2%
Portugal
-4%
Germany
-4%
Czechia
-5%
Netherlands
-5%
Norway
-6%
Austria
-6%
Poland
-7%
France
-7%
Slovenia
-7%
Slovakia
-8%
Belgium
-9%
United Kingdom
-10%
Spain
-14%
Romania
-15%
Estonia
-18%
Latvia
-47%
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Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and national responses on European railway markets in 2020
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IRG-Rail. (July 1, 2021). Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in selected European countries between 2019 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1278600/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-selected-european-countries/
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IRG-Rail. (2021). Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in selected European countries between 2019 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1278600/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-selected-european-countries/
IRG-Rail. "Year-over-year Change in Freight Volume Hauled by Rail in Selected European Countries between 2019 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1278600/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-selected-european-countries/
IRG-Rail, Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in selected European countries between 2019 and 2020 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1278600/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-selected-european-countries/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Year-over-year change in freight volume hauled by rail in selected European countries between 2019 and 2020 [Graph], IRG-Rail, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1278600/change-in-freight-volume-hauled-by-rail-in-selected-european-countries/
