This statistic depicts the amount of oil and petroleum moved as freight by trains in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21. In the period under consideration, oil and petroleum freight volume moved by trains fluctuated. The peak in the freight moved by train was recorded in 2007/08, at 1.58 billion net metric ton-kilometers. Since then, the amount of freight moved annually has declined, reaching 0.75 billion net metric ton-kilometers in 2020/21.
Amount of oil and petroleum freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21
(in billion net metric ton-kilometers)
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Office of Rail and Road (UK). (May 27, 2021). Amount of oil and petroleum freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21 (in billion net metric ton-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/305457/oil-and-petroleum-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK). "Amount of oil and petroleum freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21 (in billion net metric ton-kilometers)." Chart. May 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/305457/oil-and-petroleum-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK). (2021). Amount of oil and petroleum freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21 (in billion net metric ton-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/305457/oil-and-petroleum-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK). "Amount of Oil and Petroleum Freight Moved Annually on The Rail Network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21 (in Billion Net Metric Ton-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/305457/oil-and-petroleum-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK), Amount of oil and petroleum freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21 (in billion net metric ton-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/305457/oil-and-petroleum-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/ (last visited May 17, 2025)
Amount of oil and petroleum freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21 (in billion net metric ton-kilometers) [Graph], Office of Rail and Road (UK), May 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/305457/oil-and-petroleum-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
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