The statistic shows the miles of freight railroad operated by U.S. railroads in 2011 by state. In that year, U.S. railroads operated a total number of 3,632 miles of freight railroad in Michigan.
Excludes miles owned by Amtrak.
Data in this statistic include trackage rights.
* Miles of railroad operated is synonymous with route-miles (so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track). Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included. Year-to-year changes in miles operated are due to both changes in track mileage and changes in the number of railroads with rights for the same track.
** Class I, regional, linehaul, switching and terminal, and Canadian railroads.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics, & RITA. (August 31, 2013). Miles of freight railroad* operated by U.S. railroads** in 2011, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/187318/miles-of-freight-railroad-operated-by-us-railroads-in-2008/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, und RITA. "Miles of freight railroad* operated by U.S. railroads** in 2011, by state." Chart. August 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187318/miles-of-freight-railroad-operated-by-us-railroads-in-2008/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, RITA. (2013). Miles of freight railroad* operated by U.S. railroads** in 2011, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187318/miles-of-freight-railroad-operated-by-us-railroads-in-2008/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and RITA. "Miles of Freight Railroad* Operated by U.S. Railroads** in 2011, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187318/miles-of-freight-railroad-operated-by-us-railroads-in-2008/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics & RITA, Miles of freight railroad* operated by U.S. railroads** in 2011, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187318/miles-of-freight-railroad-operated-by-us-railroads-in-2008/ (last visited June 08, 2025)
Miles of freight railroad* operated by U.S. railroads** in 2011, by state [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, & RITA, August 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187318/miles-of-freight-railroad-operated-by-us-railroads-in-2008/
