Rail market grows as EU access narrows

European rail freight lost another 1.8% of transport performance in 2025, extending a decline that has now lasted four consecutive years. With 368.2 billion tonne-kilometres, EU rail freight is now roughly 10% below the 410 billion tkm reached at the 2…

A new European freight report shows road transport dominating inland freight, while the combined share of rail and waterways has fallen by 4.1 percentage points over the past decade.

Poland’s rail freight market does not lack scale. It lacks a stronger link with the road freight flows that already move across the country and between Poland and Western Europe.