WASHINGTON — Weekly U.S. rail traffic remained at similar levels to those established in recent weeks, with volume for the week ending Aug. 5 down 3.2% from the same week in 2022.
It was the sixth time in the last seven weeks that the weekly figure has shown a decline of between 2.4 and 3.2% compared to the corresponding week a year earlier.
Overall traffic for the week was 471,938 carloads and intermodal units. That included 222,199 carloads, down 1% from the same week in 2022, and 249,739 containers and trailers, down 5.2%.
Through 31 weeks of 2023, U.S. carload traffic is up 0.4% while intermodal traffic is off by 9.5% for an overall decline of 5%.
North American volume for the week, from 12 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, includes 328,156 carloads, up 0.7% from the same week in 2022; 331,701 intermodal units, down 6.4%, and 659,857 total carloads and intermodal units, down 3%. North American volume through 31 weeks is down 4.1% compared to the same period in 2022.
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