Scottish Transport Statistics: No 25

Scottish Transport Statistics: No 25 - 2006 Edition

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic ¹

(a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes

Year ²	Road lifted in Scotland	Rail lifted in Scotland	Coastal shipping see notes	Coastwise Shipping lifted in Scotland	Inland waterway lifted in Scotland	Pipeline see notes	Road lifted in Scotland	Rail lifted in Scotland	Coastal shipping see notes	Coastwise ship lifted in Scotland	Inland waterway lifted in Scotland	Pipeline see notes
Year ²	millions of tonnes lifted						Index, 1985 = 100
1960	..	29.8	..	..	..	..	..	248	..	..	..	..
1961	..	28.1	..	..	..	..	..	234	..	..	..	..
1962	..	24.7	..	..	..	..	..	206	..	..	..	..
1963	..	24.6	..	..	..	..	..	205	..	..	..	..
1964	..	25.4	..	..	..	..	..	212	..	..	..	..
1965	..	24.3	..	..	..	..	..	203	..	..	..	..
1966	..	21.4	..	..	..	..	..	178	..	..	..	..
1967	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	167	..	..	..	..
1968	..	20.9	..	..	..	..	..	174	..	..	..	..
1969	..	21.1	..	..	..	..	..	176	..	..	..	..
1970	..	20.8	..	..	..	..	..	173	..	..	..	..
1971	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	167	..	..	..	..
1972	..	18.1	..	..	..	..	..	151	..	..	..	..
1973	..	19.3	5.7	..	..	8.0	..	161	17	..	..	27
1974	160.7	17.9	5.7	..	..	7.5	123	149	17	..	..	25
1975	164.6	16.1	4.9	..	..	6.3	126	134	14	..	..	21
1976	172.0	16.2	7.0	..	..	11.9	132	135	20	..	..	40
1977	144.7	14.0	13.6	..	..	23.2	111	117	40	..	..	78
1978	149.5	13.8	18.6	..	..	26.4	115	115	54	..	..	89
1979	156.9	12.0	23.8	..	..	27.9	120	100	69	..	..	94
1980	134.7	11.7	33.5	..	8.1	26.7	103	98	98	..	76	90
1981	144.1	12.2	33.2	..	7.3	24.1	110	102	97	..	69	81
1982	135.4	10.4	34.5	..	10.4	22.4	104	87	101	..	98	75
1983	129.1	10.3	37.3	..	12.1	26.5	99	86	109	..	114	89
1984	128.3	6.4	35.6	..	10.0	26.9	98	53	104	..	94	90
1985	130.5	12.0	34.3	..	10.7	29.8	100	100	100	..	100	100
1986	128.0	9.7	32.3	..	11.0	28.2	98	81	94	..	103	95
1987	134.9	10.5	28.6	24.1	10.3	28.5	103	88	83	..	97	96
1988	155.7	9.7	31.9	28.3	10.2	25.2	119	81	93	..	96	85
1989	154.8	9.4	32.5	28.3	10.4	21.3	119	78	95	..	97	71
1990	160.6	9.8	29.9	25.2	11.9	26.9	123	82	87	..	112	90
1991	148.8	9.0	31.6	26.7	11.3	21.4	114	75	92	..	106	72
1992	157.1	7.0	30.1	25.7	10.7	24.0	120	58	88	..	100	81
1993	158.9	5.0	29.0	24.5	11.4	26.9	122	42	85	..	107	90
1994	155.8	5.4	32.0	27.5	11.2	24.1	119	45	93	..	105	81
1995	157.7	..	35.9	31.9	11.2	25.6	121	..	105	..	105	86
1996	162.4	5.4	40.3	36.2	11.1	25.6	124	45	117	..	104	86
1997	157.4	7.0	39.4	34.5	11.6	25.7	121	59	115	..	109	86
1998	155.6	7.7	45.7	39.7	10.4	28.1	119	64	133	..	97	94
1999	155.8	8.2	41.3	35.3	9.5	28.0	119	69	120	..	89	94
2000	158.5	8.3	30.9	24.7	12.2	28.1	121	69	90	..	115	94
2001	150.8	9.6	27.4	20.6	11.4	28.1	116	80	80	..	107	94
2002	154.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	10.0	28.0	118	76	71	..	94	94
2003	153.4	8.3	24.4	19.5	10.1	27.7	118	69	71	..	94	93
2004	173.1	10.9	25.8	20.5	10.0	27.6	133	91	75	..	94	93
2005	165.6	..	31.4	25.5	10.2	27.6	127	..	92	..	96	93

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland.
The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way:
the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus
the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland.
The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length.
This table does not show "one port" traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail" from 1985, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the "rail" figures for "1996" are for "1996-97").

(b) freight moved - millions of tonne-kilometres

Year ²	Road lifted in Scotland	Rail lifted in Scotland	Coastwise shipping lifted in Scotland	Inland waterway lifted in Scotland	Pipeline see notes
Year ²	millions of tonne-kilometres
1960	..	..		..	..
1961	..	..		..	..
1962	..	..		..	..
1963	..	..		..	..
1964	..	..		..	..
1965	..	..		..	..
1966	..	..		..	..
1967	..	..		..	..
1968	..	..		..	..
1969	..	..	..	..	..
1970	..	..	..	..	..
1971	..	..	..	..	..
1972	..	..	..	..	..
1973	..	..	..	..	..
1974	..	..	..	..	..
1975	..	..	..	..	..
1976	..	..	..	..	..
1977	..	..	..	..	..
1978	..	..	..	..	..
1979	..	..	..	..	..
1980	..	..	..	..	..
1981	..	..	..	..	..
1982	..	..	..	..	..
1983	..	..	..	..	..
1984	..	..	..	..	..
1985	9,706	..	..	..	..
1986	9,332	..	..	..	..
1987	10,225	..	19,810	262	..
1988	11,520	..	22,910	264	..
1989	12,339	..	23,020	268	..
1990	12,309	..	19,090	315	..
1991	11,909	..	22,850	298	..
1992	12,121	..	20,940	270	5,132
1993	12,426	..	19,710	290	..
1994	12,995	..	19,740	290	5,279
1995	13,965	..	25,110	300	5,693
1996	14,163	1,427	29,250	300	5,688
1997	14,236	2,145	26,280	310	5,717
1998	14,856	2,787	29,610	260	5,946
1999	14,988	2,891	26,850	240	5,905
2000	14,817	2,462	20,100	280	5,933
2001	14,425	3,099	15,600	280	5,929
2002	14,170	2,737	14,540	240	5,909
2003	14,432	2,517	14,850	250	5,832
2004	15,233	3,757	14,060	240	5,820
2005	13,578	..	17,457	251	5,869

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' relate to freight lifted in Scotland; for 'pipeline' it is the estimated tonne-kilometres for crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length. This table does not show the tonne-kilometres for "one port" traffic to from oil rigs and the sea bed or for "coastal shipping" (as defined in part [a] of this table).
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail", which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the "rail" figures for "1996" are for "1996-97").

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