Data based on operators which are members of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), which represents 76 percent of the European rail freight business.
In 2021, the Deutsche Bahn was the leading freight operator in Europe. It hauled just under * million ton-kilometers worth of freight in 2021, dwarfing all other freight operators. VDV, based in Germany, was second in the ranking, at around * million metric ton-kilometer.
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CER. (February 9, 2023). Leading European rail freight operators in 2021 (in million tonne-kilometers) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1242898/european-union-leading-freight-operators/
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