According to the monthly railway transport statistics report for November 2025, released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on March 19, the total volume of freight was 3,478,429 tons (a 2.9% increase compared to the same month of the previous year), and the total freight ton-kilometers was 1,645,994,000 ton-kilometers (a 3.5% increase).
Container cargo volume was 1,488,975 tons (up 9.1%), cargo ton-kilometers were 1,121,857,000 ton-kilometers (up 4.7%), carload cargo volume was 1,471,794 tons (down 2.8%), and cargo ton-kilometers were 111,192,000 ton-kilometers (down 7.3%).
<Railway freight volume in September 2025>
| Cargo quantity (tons) | Year-on-year change (%) | Cargo ton-kilometers (thousand ton-kilometers) | Year-on-year change (%) | |
| コ ン テ ナ | 1,488,975 | 109.1 | 1,121,857 | 104.7 |
| Car handling | 1,471,794 | 97.2 | 111,192 | 92.7 |
| Grand total | 2,960,769 | 102.9 | 1,233,049 | 103.5 |
<Transition table>
