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 Tonne-kilometer of goods transported (tkm) by heavy railway carrier enterprises
Characteristic Description
Name Tonne-kilometer of goods transported (tkm) by heavy railway carrier enterprises by Type of traffic , Size class of distance on railway transport and Group of goods; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Rail traffic survey
First available period 2004
Last available period 2014
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type of traffic
  • Size class of distance on railway transport
  • Group of goods
Concepts
  • TONNE-KILOMETRE BY RAIL:  A unit of measure of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne of goods by rail over a distance of one kilometre.
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Tonne-kilometre (tkm)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 30/01/2016


information presented in 17/7/2024