IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 10,8% in January 2021 compared with January 2020. The corresponding income decreased by 11,3% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation decreased by 5,2% in the three months ended January 2021 compared with the three months ended January 2020. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (-24,2% and contributing -2,9 percentage points);
• containers (-13,8% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point); and
• basic metals and fabricated metal products (-29,7% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 0,3% in the three months ended January 2021 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 2,2% (contributing 1,7 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 5,8% (contributing -1,4 percentage points).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 44,8% in January 2021 compared with January 2020. The corresponding income decreased by 36,3% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 23,2% in the three months ended January 2021 compared with the previous three months. Road passenger journeys increased by 16,2% (contributing 15,8 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys increased by 316,3% (contributing 7,3 percentage points).