Statistics at the International Union of Railways

Recent trends in passenger and freight traffic

 UIC members and statistics activities

 Data collection and dissemination
 Trend in rail traffic during the COVID 19 epidemic

Alice Favre
Head of Statistics
Web meeting UNECE – WP6, June 11, 2021
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In 2020 the UIC counts 200 members

140 railway companies

- Infrastructure mangers
- Passenger operators
- Freight operators
(others >>> administrations, research institutes…)

Number of UIC members per country

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Data collected via a web application

 Monthly data :
Traffic: Passenger / Freight / Trains

 Key Performance Indicators

provisional data -main parameters

 Annual data
Network – Transport stock – Staff – Traffic – Punctuality – Financial Results - Energy Consumption –
Accidents – High Speed
>>> 34 tables –> 410 variables
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https://uic-stats.uic.org/select/
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Infographics

https://uic-stats.uic.org/gis/

Application Programming Interface

https://uic-stats.uic.org/schema/
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SNCC (CD)

SETRAG (GA)

CAMRAIL (CM)

SNCFT (TN)

SNTF (DZ)
Africa: -52%

ONCF (MA)

ZRS (BA)
Passenger transport

SERBIA T (RS)

BC (BY)

TCDD T (TR)

SBB CFF FFS (CH)

RZD (RU): -41%

RZD (RU)
Other Europe: -42%

LDZ (LV)

REGIO CALA (RO)

GYSEV/RÖEE (HU)

EUSKOTREN (ES)

LG (LT)

SZ (SI)

HZ PP (HR)

FGC (ES)

WB (AT)

BDZ PP (BG)

2019 ZSSK (SK)

 Trend in rail traffic during the COVID 19 epidemic

CP (PT)

VR (FI)
EU-27: -46%

2020

CFR CALA(RO)

MAV (HU)

CD (CZ)

SNCB/NMBS (BE)

PKP (PL)

RENFE (ES)
Passenger.kilometres (millions) – 2020 vs 2019

FSI (IT)

DB AG (DE)

SNCF EF (FR)

SYDNEY TRAINS (AU)

KTM (MY)

DSVN (VN)

TRA (CN-TW)

THSRC (CN-TW)
IR (IN): -70%

RAI (IR)
CR (CN): -44%

Oceania: -42%
EJR (JP): -31%
Other Asia and

KTZ (KZ)

EJR (JP)

IR (IN)

CR (CN)

VIA RAIL (CA)

N America: -67%
AMTRAK (US)
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SNCC (CD)

SNCFT (TN)

SNTF (DZ)

CAMRAIL (CM)
Africa: +12%

ONCF (MA)

SETRAG (GA)

BLS CARGO (CH)

Freight transport

ZRS (BA)

TCDD TRANSPORT (TR)

SBB CFF FFS (CH)

RZD (RU): -2%

BC (BY)
Other Europe: -7%

RZD (RU)

FGC (ES)

BRC (BG)

GYSEV CARGO (HU)

HZ CARGO (HR)

BDZ CARGO (BG)

CFR MARFA (RO)

SZ (SI)

ZSSK CARGO (SK)

EU-27: -9%

RENFE (ES)

LINEAS (BE)

VR (FI)

LDZ (LV)
Tonne-kilometres – 2020 vs 2019

CD (CZ)
2019

LG (LT)

FSI (IT)
2020

PKP (PL)

SNCF EF (FR)

DB AG (DE)

TRA (CN-TW)

KTM (MY)
IR (IN): -3%

DSVN (VN)
CR (CN): -1%

Oceania: +5%
KTZ (KZ): +3%
Other Asia and

RAI (IR)

KTZ (KZ)

IR (IN)

CR (CN)

AAR (Class 1, US) US : -12%

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Passenger.kilometres Index Tonne-kilometres Index
January 2019-December 2020 January 2019-December 2020
(Reference: January 2019 =100) (Reference: January 2019 = 100)
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EU-27 Other Europe KTZ (KZ) RZD (RU)

EU-27 Other Europe RZD (RU) CR (CN) IR (IN) EJR (JP) CR (CN) AAR (Class 1, US) IR (IN)
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Thanks for your attention!

Alice Favre
Head of the Statistics Unit

favre@uic.org

stat@uic.org

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