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TABLE A6-8: TONNAGE ORIGINATING BY RAILWAY SECTOR, 1990 - 2002
(Thousands of tonnes)
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Class I 184,632.9 189,787.9 182,105.2 185,118.9 208,015.4 207,980.7 207,927.3 224,375.7 216,222.3 220,617.5 230,359.1 230,625.4 227,355.8
Regional 55,939.2 56,643.9 52,429.4 51,036.4 56,884.2 58,024.7 56,761.3 57,256.1 56,157.3 49,654.9 54,320.4 48,677.9 46,122.0
Shortline 24,594.1 23,092.6 23,423.9 21,678.7 24,148.0 26,258.6 28,359.6 41,593.7 56,572.4 62,543.9 66,711.2 62,315.2 70,818.9
Total 265,166.1 269,524.4 257,958.5 257,834.0 289,047.7 292,264.0 293,048.2 323,225.5 328,952.1 332,816.4 351,390.6 341,618.4 344,296.8
(Percentage of total)
Class I 69.6 70.4 70.6 71.8 72.0 71.2 71.0 69.4 65.7 66.3 65.6 67.5 66.0
Regional 21.1 21.0 20.3 19.8 19.7 19.9 19.4 17.7 17.1 14.9 15.5 14.2 13.4
Shortline 9.3 8.6 9.1 8.4 8.4 9.0 9.7 12.9 17.2 18.8 19.0 18.2 20.6

Note: Figures include significant double-counting of tonnages; not to be considered as originating traffic.

Source: Transport Canada, Statistics Canada


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