France rail freight tonnage: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
France rail freight tonnage: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté stood at 3.46 million tonnes in 2025, according to SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique). It is one of the indicators in the Freight transport (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2016 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Freight transport (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French regions | |||||||||||
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 3.46 | 3.61 | 2.9 | 3.32 | 3.26 | 3.7 | 3.94 | 2.81 | 3.02 | 3.01 | |
| Normandy | 2.21 | 2.35 | 2.05 | 2.22 | 2.08 | 1.87 | 2.06 | 2.01 | 2.56 | 2.71 |
Understanding france rail freight tonnage: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Freight tonnage originating from loading points situated within the designated administrative territory is tracked here in million tonnes. This regional series measures the gross physical mass of all commodity classes dispatched onto the rail network from local facilities, differentiating local logistics output from nationwide aggregates. Sibling rows provide identical origin-based tonnage measurements for other administrative regions.
Evaluating annual figures requires understanding regional industrial shifts and localized infrastructure investments that alter freight handling capacity. Year-on-year comparisons provide a stable perspective by smoothing out transitory disruptions in local rail connectivity. Analysts must avoid using this origin metric as a proxy for regional consumption, as outgoing goods often travel far beyond the regional border.
Frequently asked questions
- How is regional rail freight origin defined in this table?
- As the total weight of goods loaded onto freight trains at stations located within the specified region.
- Does this series include international freight originating locally?
- Yes, cross-border shipments loaded within the region are included in the origin tonnage.
- Why might origin tonnage fluctuate independently of national trends?
- Local factory closures, mining shifts, or regional infrastructure upgrades can drive localized variations.