Rail transportation, 2013
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Released: 2015-03-19
In 2013, the volume of freight transported by rail rose 2.3% to 300.4 million tonnes. This was largely driven by increases in shipments of energy-related products such as crude petroleum.
Overall operating revenues in 2013 reached $13.1 billion, up 5.3% from the previous year, while operating expenses fell 2.7% to $9.5 billion.
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This release presents data essential to the analysis of the rail transportation industry and its contribution to the Canadian economy. It is comprised of two data sources—an annual report survey and a commodity origin and destination statistics administrative file from Transport Canada.
The annual report survey collects financial, operating and employment data on railways operating in Canada. The commodity origin and destination statistics file monitors movements of commodities carried by Canadian National Railway (CN), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), carriers that interline with CN and CP, as well as a number of regional and short-haul carriers that do not interline with either CN or CP.
Data aggregations are available for Canada and select geographic regions.
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