IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Income from freight transportation

The income from freight transportation for the three months ended May 2011 increased by 13,9% compared with the three months ended May 2010. Income from freight transportation for May 2011 increased by 21,2% compared with May 2010. The volume of goods transported (payload) for May 2011 increased by 12,6% compared with May 2010.

The increase of 13,9% in income from freight transportation for the three months ended May 2011 compared with the three months ended May 2010 was driven largely by primary mining and quarrying products (29,0% and contributing 8,7 percentage points), followed by manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (10,1% and contributing 1,5 percentage points).

Income from passenger transportation

The income from passenger transportation for the three months ended May 2011 increased by 13,1% compared with the three months ended May 2010. Income from passenger transportation for May 2011 increased by 18,5% compared with May 2010. The number of passengers for May 2011 increased by 40,6% year-on-year, mainly due to a substantial increase in the number of passengers transported by rail as a result of the transport strike that prevailed in May 2010.

The main contributor to the increase of 13,1% in income from passenger transportation for the three months ended May 2011 compared with the three months ended May 2010 was road passenger transportation (17,4% and contributing 13,2 percentage points). Railway passenger transportation decreased by 0,4% (contributing -0,1 of a percentage point) during the above-mentioned period.