Number of operating rail freight carriages in Japan 2017-2024

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Alexandru Arba,
Apr 7, 2025

As of April 1, 2024, there were approximately 7.49 thousand railway freight carriages in operation in Japan, decreasing compared to the previous year. As the public corporation Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) has a monopoly on railway freight transport, it operates the great majority of freight carriages.

Number of railway freight carriages operated in Japan from 2017 to 2024

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April 2025

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Japan

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2017 to 2024; as of April 1 of each year stated

Supplementary notes

Figures prior to 2024 come from previous reports.
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