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Statewide Rail Statistics

Total Route Miles Operated
2,488
Total Carloads of Freight
2,632,546
Total Tons of Freight Carried
216,739,681
Rail Employees Living in State
3,245
Total Wages of Rail Employees
$182,113,000


Freight Railroad Traffic in West Virginia
 
Tons
Percent
Coal
113,614,445
.95
Nonmetallic Minerals
1,951,600
.02
Chemicals
2,001,748
.02
Primary Metal Products
462,012
.00
Petroleum Products
391,464
.00
All Other
805,968
.01
Originated:
119,227,237
100%
     
Coal
26,977,514
.72
Metallic Ores
4,102,114
.11
Chemicals
2,259,528
.06
Petroleum Products
1,676,884
.05
Primary Metal Products
840,383
.02
All Other
1,365,001
.04
Terminated:
37,221,424
100%
Source: Association of American Railroads, for year ending December 31, 2002

 

WV State Home Page

West Virginia Department of Transportation
State Rail Authority
120 Water Plant Drive • Moorefield, WV 26836
Phone: (304) 538-2305 • Fax: (304) 538-7474  
General information and/or questions, please email info@dot.state.wv.us