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Table 9
Rail transportation, Summary statistics on freight
and passenger transportation, all carriers
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| Canadian National | Canadian Pacific | VIA Rail | Regional railways 1 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| metric units | |||||
| Revenue freight | |||||
| Revenue freight, tonnes ('000) | 135,904 | 111,092 | 0 | 90,778 | 337,774 |
| Revenue freight, tonne-kilometres ('000) | 181,764,935 | 143,254,636 | 0 | 19,883,204 | 344,902,775 |
| Revenue freight, average haul on each railway (km) | 1,337 | 1,290 | 0 | 219 | 1,021 |
| Revenue and non-revenue freight | |||||
| Revenue and non-revenue freight, tonnes ('000) | 138,549 | 114,260 | 0 | 93,820 | 346,629 |
| Revenue and non-revenue freight, tonne-kilometres ('000) | 182,616,181 | 145,062,256 | 0 | 20,510,798 | 348,189,234 |
| Revenue and non-revenue freight, average haul on each railway (km) | 1,318 | 1,270 | 0 | 219 | 1,005 |
| Revenue passengers | |||||
| Revenue passengers, passengers ('000) | 39 | 0 | 4,605 | 109 | 4,753 |
| Revenue passengers, passenger-kilometres ('000) | 12,753 | 0 | 1,530,486 | 31,053 | 1,574,293 |
| Revenue passengers, average passenger journey per ticket (km) | 329 | 0 | 332 | 284 | 331 |
| Transportation services, averages | |||||
| Transportation services, averages, cars per freight train (No.) | 95.5 | 70.8 | 0.0 | 67.1 | 82.8 |
| Transportation services, averages, cars per passenger train (No.) | 5.2 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| Transportation services, averages, freight carload (t) | 49.1 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 80.3 | 55.2 |
| Transportation services, averages, empty freight car-kilometres (%) | 32.0 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 34.1 |
| Transportation services, averages, freight train speed (km/hr) | 44.6 | 33.2 | 0.0 | 34.2 | 38.1 |
Includes short-haul carriers.
