Transport Yearbook 2004

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5.2.1. Comparison of goods transport performance by mode

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Transport of goods, total (thous. tonnes) 699 208 523 252 546 501 577 390 551 511 565 363
Rail transport 108 871 98 255 97 218 91 989 93 297 88 843
Road transport 578 796 414 725 438 683 474 883 447 956 466 034
Inland waterway transport 4 441 1 907 1 910 1 686 1 276 1 274
Air transport 18 19 16 18 20 21
Oil pipeline transport 7 083 8 346 8 674 8 815 8 962 9 192
 
Total transport performance (mill. tonne-km) 57 549 58 955 59 538 63 206 64 796 63 456
Rail transport 22 623 17 496 16 882 15 810 15 862 15 092
Road transport 31 268 39 036 40 260 45 059 46 564 46 010
Inland waterway transport 1 348 773 705 587 509 406
Air transport 33 38 29 32 42 46
Oil pipeline transport 2 276 1 612 1 661 1 717 1 820 1 902
 
Average goods transport distance (km) 82,3 112,7 108,9 109,5 117,5 112,2
Rail transport 207,8 178,1 173,7 171,9 170,0 169,9
Road transport 54,0 94,1 91,8 94,9 103,9 98,7
Inland waterway transport 303,6 405,4 369,1 348,4 398,5 318,6
Air transport 1 906,0 1 994,0 1 816,6 1 766,3 2 093,6 2 156,6
Oil pipeline transport 321,3 193,1 191,5 194,8 203,1 206,9

Source: MD's transport statistics