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Rail transportation
Table RA4: Average Monthly Train Velocity, by Rail Carrier, 2024
| Average Train Speed (Kilometres per Hour) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPKC | ||||||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Intermodal | 38.1 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.8 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 37.6 | 38.2 | 38.0 | 38.4 | 36.6 |
| Manifest | 26.6 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 26.3 |
| Coal Unit | 31.5 | 29.7 | 30.6 | 31.0 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 30.5 | 29.0 | 30.1 | 29.3 | 30.7 | 29.8 |
| Grain Unit | 28.1 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 26.6 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 29.2 | 28.0 |
| All Trains | 30.2 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.0 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 30.3 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 29.9 |
| CN | ||||||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Intermodal | 34.3 | 34.0 | 33.2 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 32.6 | 33.0 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 35.2 | 36.7 | 32.4 |
| Manifest | 30.7 | 31.0 | 30.1 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 32.1 | 32.5 | 33.2 | 30.5 |
| Coal Unit | 27.1 | 27.5 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
| Grain Unit | 25.8 | 26.4 | 23.8 | 22.9 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 25.3 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 25.0 |
| All Trains | 30.6 | 30.4 | 29.5 | 29.7 | 29.2 | 29.5 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 31.7 | 32.0 | 32.4 | 29.3 |
Notes and Sources
Notes: CPKC = Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway. CN = Canadian National.
Train velocity measures the line-haul movement from origin to destination. The average velocity is calculated by dividing train-kilometres by total hours operated, excluding yard and local trains, passenger trains, maintenance of way trains. Weekly kilometres per hour are averaged to produce a monthly estimate.
Source: Class 1 rail carriers, adapted by Transport Canada
https://investor.cpkcr.com/key-metrics/default.aspx
https://www.cn.ca/en/investors/key-weekly-metrics/
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Notes: CPKC = Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway. CN = Canadian National.
Train velocity measures the line-haul movement from origin to destination. The average velocity is calculated by dividing train-kilometres by total hours operated, excluding yard and local trains, passenger trains, maintenance of way trains. Weekly kilometres per hour are averaged to produce a monthly estimate.
Source: Class 1 rail carriers, adapted by Transport Canada
https://investor.cpkcr.com/key-metrics/default.aspx
https://www.cn.ca/en/investors/key-weekly-metrics/
Train velocity measures the line-haul movement from origin to destination. The average velocity is calculated by dividing train-kilometres by total hours operated, excluding yard and local trains, passenger trains, maintenance of way trains. Weekly kilometres per hour are averaged to produce a monthly estimate.
Source: Class 1 rail carriers, adapted by Transport Canada
https://investor.cpkcr.com/key-metrics/default.aspx
https://www.cn.ca/en/investors/key-weekly-metrics/