September 15, 2025
Canadian railway's carload traffic down 1.4 percent in first week of September
According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), Canadian railways reported 85,891 carloads for the week ending September 6, 2025, down 1.4 percent, and 66,397 intermodal units, up 0.8 percent compared with the same week in 2024.
For the first 36 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5,814,174 carloads, containers and trailers, up 2.2 percent.
North American rail volume for the week ending September 6, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 312,974 carloads, down 2.0 percent compared with the same week last year, and 333,374 intermodal units, up 0.6 percent compared with last year.
Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 646,348 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.7 percent. North American rail volume for the first 36 weeks of 2025 was 24,348,314 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.6 percent compared with 2024.
Source: AAR