WASHINGTON — For a fourth straight week, U.S. rail traffic has recorded an increase of more than 5% over the same week a year earlier.
Statistics from the Association of American Railroads for the week ending March 22 show total traffic was 496,214 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.5% increase over the same week in 2024. That includes 224,904 carloads, up 4.5%, and 271,310 intermodal units, up 6.3%.
Total volume through 12 weeks of 2025 is 5,802,711 carloads and intermodal units, a 4.2% increase over the same period a year ago. The total includes a 0.6% decline in carload traffic and an 8.2% gain in intermodal volume.
North American volume for the week, from nine reporting U.S, Canadian, and Mexican railroads, totaled 333,674 carloads, up 3% from the corresponding week a year ago, and 358,481 intermodal units, an increase of 5.3%. The total volume of 692,115 carload and intermodal units represents a 4.2% increase.
Year-to-date traffic in North America, 7,962,904 carloads and intermodal units, is up 2.6% over the first 12 weeks of 2024. That includes a 0.2% decline in Canada and an 8.4% drop in Mexico.
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