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Rail freight traffic drops by 11 % in Q1

Published : 30 Jun 2022, 02:58

  DF Report
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Freight transferred by rail in the first quarter of 2022 was 8.4 million tons, which was 11 % less than in the first quarter of 2021, according to Statistics Finland.

A total of 15.2 million trips was travelled by rail, which was 43 % more than in the same quarter of 2021.

In the first quarter of 2022, 8.4 million tons of goods were transported by rail.

The amount of trips was 33 % lower than the first quarter of 2019.