Press Rail transport in 2017: new record of 401 million tonnes of goods carried

Press release No. 417 of 30 October 2018

WIESBADEN – In 2017, the quantity of goods transported on the public rail network in Germany for the first time exceeded 400 million tonnes. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the total figure was 401 million tonnes, just over 2 million tonnes (+0.5%) more than in 2016.

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