IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 1,0% in 2016 compared with 2015. The corresponding income increased by 4,4% over the same period.

In December 2016 the volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 5,7% year-on-year. The corresponding income increased by 13,1% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 9,5% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the fourth quarter of 2015. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (22,7% and contributing 7,4 percentage points); and
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (19,4% and contributing 2,6 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 2,2% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the third quarter of 2016. Rail freight grew by 4,9% (contributing 1,3 percentage points), while road freight grew by 1,1% (contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 13,4% in 2016 compared with 2015. The corresponding income decreased by 0,1% over the same period – see Table 9. In December 2016 the number of passenger journeys decreased by 3,7% year-on-year. The corresponding income decreased by 0,5% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 0,5% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the third quarter of 2016. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 1,8% (contributing -1,1 percentage points), while road passenger journeys grew by 3,9% (contributing 1,6 percentage points).