IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 15,0% in January 2017 compared with January 2016. The corresponding income increased by 19,6% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 13,6% in the three months ended January 2017 compared with the three months ended January 2016. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (27,7% and contributing 9,1 percentage points); and
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (23,4% and contributing 3,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 2,4% in the three months ended January 2017 compared with the three months ended October 2016. Road freight grew by 1,7% (contributing 1,3 percentage points), while rail freight grew by 4,1% (contributing 1,1 percentage points).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 7,2% in January 2017 compared with January 2016. The corresponding income increased by 3,5% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 1,3% in the three months ended January 2017 compared with the three months ended October 2016. Road passenger journeys increased by 8,1% (contributing 3,3 percentage points), while rail passenger journeys decreased by 3,4% (contributing -2,0 percentage points).