IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 8,9% in August 2016 compared with August 2015. The corresponding income increased by 13,3% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 7,7% in the three months ended August 2016 compared with the three months ended August 2015. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (14,7% and contributing 4,9 percentage points); and
  
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (31,8% and contributing 3,6 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 1,4% in the three months ended August 2016 compared with the three months ended May 2016. Road freight grew by 4,4% (contributing 3,1 percentage points), but this was partially offset by a decline of 5,9% in rail freight (contributing  1,7 percentage points).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 14,9% in August 2016 compared with August 2015. The corresponding income decreased by 1,1% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 2,0% in the three months ended August 2016 compared with the three months ended May 2016. The main contributor to this decrease was road transportation (-4,5% and contributing -1,9 percentage points).