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Freight services

Key indicators of Russian Railways freight transport

Indicators

Unit of measurement

2009

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2012

2013

Value

Change in % 2013-2012

Total handling mln tonnes 1,108.2 1,205.8 1,241.5 1,271.9 1,236.8 -2.8
Average handling per day thousand tonnes 3,036.1 3,303.5 3,401.5 3,475.0 3,388.5 -2.5
Freight turnover bn tonne-kilometres 2,271.3 2,501.8 2,704.8 2,782.6 2,813.1 1.1
  • excluding the empty run of other owner’s railcars
bn tonne-kilometres 1,865.3 2,011.3 2,127.8 2,222.4 2,196.2 -1.2
  • of the empty run of other owner’s railcars
bn tonne-kilometres 406.0 490.5 577.0 560.2 616.9 10.1
Average static load tonnes/car 60.03 60.20 60.42 60.77 60.98 0.3
Average service speed of a freight train km/hour 41.6 41.2 37.1 36.0 36.8 2.2
Average operating speed of a freight train km/hour 49.3 49.3 46.5 45.2 45.6 0.9
Average productivity of a working fleet locomotive thousand tonne-kilometres - - 1,812 1,791 1,820 1.6
Average mileage of a working fleet locomotive per day km - - 593.6 585.4 591.3 1.0
Average gross weight of a freight train tonne 3,855 3,867 3,868 3,891 3,911 0.5
Average turnaround time of a car day 7.45 13.44 14.4 15.49 16.92 -8.5
Average speed of freight delivery km/day 290 274 247 219 222 3.7
Share of freight delivered within normative (contractual) terms % 90.5 87.2 81.6 72.5 77.5 5 p.p.