IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 10,1% in October 2017 compared with October 2016. The corresponding income increased by 12,2% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 10,5% in the three months ended October 2017 compared with the three months ended October 2016. The main contributors to this increase were:

• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (26,5% and contributing 3,6 percentage points);
• primary mining and quarrying products (9,9% and contributing 3,5 percentage points);
• agriculture an d forestry primary products (12,7% and contributing 1,0 percentage points); and
• chemicals, coke, petroleum, rubber, plastic and other mineral products (11,7% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 1,2% in the three months ended October 2017 compared with the previous three months. Road freight decreased by 2,3% (contributing -1,7 percentage points) while rail freight increased by 2,1% (contributing 0,5 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 10,7% in October 2017 compared with October 2016. The corresponding income increased by 1,1% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 4,5% in the three months ended October 2017 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 14,4% (contributing -7,3 percentage points) while road passenger journeys increased by 5,6% (contributing 2,8 percentage points).