This statistic depicts the total amount of freight moved by train annually in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21. In the period under consideration, freight volume moved by trains presented a trend of decline with some fluctuation. The peak in the freight moved by train was recorded in 2013/14, at 22.71 billion net tonne-kilometers. Since then, the amount of freight moved annually has declined, reaching 15.16 billion net tonne-kilometers in 2020/21.
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Amount of freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21*
(in billion net tonne-kilometers)
Characteristic
Billion net tonne-kilometers
2020/21
15.16
2019/20
16.58
2018/19
17.39
2017/18
16.95
2016/17
17.25
2015/16
17.76
2014/15
22.21
2013/14
22.71
2012/13
21.46
2011/12
21.06
2010/11
19.23
2009/10
19.06
2008/09
20.63
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Office of Rail and Road (UK). (May 27, 2021). Amount of freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21* (in billion net tonne-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/305469/total-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK). "Amount of freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21* (in billion net tonne-kilometers)." Chart. May 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/305469/total-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK). (2021). Amount of freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21* (in billion net tonne-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/305469/total-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK). "Amount of Freight Moved Annually on The Rail Network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21* (in Billion Net Tonne-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/305469/total-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
Office of Rail and Road (UK), Amount of freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21* (in billion net tonne-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/305469/total-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Amount of freight moved annually on the rail network in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2020/21* (in billion net tonne-kilometers) [Graph], Office of Rail and Road (UK), May 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/305469/total-freight-moved-by-train-in-great-britain-uk/
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