This is the best indicator since the beginning of the Great War, but almost half the volume of 2021.
According to operational data, according to the results of work in 2024, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia transported 174.93 million tons of cargo, which is 26.5 million tons or 17.9% more compared to 2023.
According to the Central Railways, this was reported by the Deputy Director of the Department of Commercial Work of Ukrzaliznytsia Valeriy Tkachev.
"This is the best annual indicator of the volume of cargo transportation by rail during wartime, achieved thanks to the unblocking of the export of goods through the ports of Greater Odessa," he noted.
As informed by the representative of JSC UZ, during December 2024, 14.032 million tons of cargo were transported by rail, which is 0.5% more than in November.
Over the past month, there has been a decline in the volume of cargo transportation by rail due to systemic impacts on the energy system of Ukraine and loss of control over part of the territory.
In total, over the 12 months of 2024, 84.67 million tons of cargo were transported by rail in export traffic (+28.7 million tons or +51.2% compared to the figure for 2023).
Regarding the structure of export cargo transportation in 2024 by cargo nomenclature, it looks like this:
grain - 34.132 million tons (40.3% - share in export transportation);
iron ore and manganese - 3,301 million tons (39% - share in the total volume of export transportation);
ferrous metals - 5.167 million tons.
It should be noted that in 2023, 148 million tons of cargo were transported by rail, in 2022 - 151 million tons, and in 2021 (before the start of the full-scale invasion) - 314 million tons.