IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 6,4% in January 2018 compared with January 2017. The corresponding income increased by 9,2% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 8,6% in the three months ended January 2018 compared with the three months ended January 2017. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (8,4% and contributing 3,0 percentage points);
• 'other' freight (16,7% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (7,7% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 0,9% in the three months ended January 2018 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 2,1% (contributing 1,6 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 2,8% (contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 7,0% in January 2018 compared with January 2017. The corresponding income decreased by 0,7% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 2,7% in the three months ended January 2018 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys increased by 3,6% (contributing 1,6 percentage points) while road passenger journeys increased by 2,0% (contributing 1,1 percentage points).