Cross-Border Rail Volumes – March 4, 2025

RailState, the industry’s only provider of rail network intelligence independently monitors cross-border train movements in real-time.
With tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico going into effect today, we’re monitoring the impacts to the rail supply chain as they happen.
On the last full day before the start of tariffs, train volumes from Canada across all border crossings were 13% higher than the 30-day average.
Northbound volumes from the US were exactly in line with the recent average volumes.
Train volumes from the US into Mexico were 3% below the 30-day average.
Northbound train volumes from Mexico fell 13% below the recent averages.
The last two days saw high southbound volumes from Canada on March 2 followed by low volumes on March 3 that were 23% below the 30-day average.
Northbound volumes had the opposite trend. Low volumes on March 2 and high volumes on March 3, 28% above the 30-day average.
Autoracks from the US into Mexico dropped on Mar 3, 31% below the recent 30-day average.
Northbound autoracks from Mexico jumped to some of the highest levels in the past thirty days, +44% above the recent average.
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