IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 8,6% in May 2017 compared with May 2016. The corresponding income increased by 9,3% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 10,6% in the three months ended May 2017 compared with the three months ended May 2016. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (11,7% and contributing 4,3 percentage points);
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (12,6% and contributing 1,7 percentage points); and
• 'other' freight (13,4% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 0,8% in the three months ended May 2017 compared with the three months ended May 2016. Road freight grew by 1,1% (contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 7,3% in May 2017 compared with the previous three months. The corresponding income decreased by 3,1% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 4,7% in the three months ended May 2017 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 5,5% (contributing -3,1 percentage points), while road passenger journeys decreased by 3,8% (contributing -1,7 percentage points).