Freight Transport 2016 Railways continue to regain market share

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Railways continue to regain market share

Neuchâtel, 21.11.2017 (FSO) - In 2016 rail goods transport regained market share from road transport for the fourth successive year. Transport performance by rail increased by 0.9% compared with the previous year while transport performance in road goods transport fell by 1.5%. These are some of the findings of the goods transport statistics produced by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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Observation period
2016
Spatial division
Switzerland
FSO number
2017-0118-e
Terms of Use
OPEN-BY
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Article type:
Press release
Published on:
21.11.2017

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