{"id":258116,"date":"2025-07-28T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=64548"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:26:27","slug":"romanian-rail-freight-down-185-compared-to-q1-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=258116","title":{"rendered":"Romanian rail freight down 18,5% compared to Q1 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The volume of goods on the Romanian railway network has dropped by 18,5% in the first quarter of the year. Besides information about the volume drop, statistics agency INS released new data that paint a bleak picture for the sector.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-64548\"><\/span>Despite an 18,5% drop in the Q1 freight volume, transit through Romania grew by 47,7%. However, domestic transportation still occupies the lion\u2019s share of the overall transported volume, at 79,9%.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid #0a4e7f; padding: 20px; border-radius: 10px; background-color: #e7f1f8; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p><strong>The Romanian statistics agency came out with more negative trends for Q1 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 10px; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Down by <strong>30,4%<\/strong> \u2013 Average daily distance of freight wagons<\/li>\n<li>Down by <strong>17,5%<\/strong> \u2013 Imported loaded wagons from abroad<\/li>\n<li>Down by <strong>14,9%<\/strong> \u2013 Average daily distance of locomotives for freight<\/li>\n<li>Down by <strong>11,1%<\/strong> \u2013 Loaded wagons on the Romanian rail network<\/li>\n<li>Down by <strong>5,6%<\/strong> \u2013 Wagon mileage (wagon-kilometres)<\/li>\n<li>Down by <strong>2,1%<\/strong> \u2013 Average gross weight of freight wagons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The positives<\/h2>\n<p>By contrast, the average running time of freight wagons went up by 23,5%. The average commercial speed of freight trains also saw a positive development, accelerating by 1,4%.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian rail freight market is still dominated by (bulk) fossil fuels. The newly released data shows that coke and refined petroleum products accounted for 26,5% of all freight in Q1. 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