IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 54,5% in April 2021 compared with April 2020. The corresponding income increased by 65,5% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 13,9% in the three months ended April 2021 compared with the three months ended April 2020. The main contributors to this increase were:

• ‘other’ freight (25,8% and contributing 4,5 percentage points); and 
  
• primary mining and quarrying products (11,4% and contributing 4,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 2,5% in the three months ended April 2021 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 3,1% (contributing 2,4 percentage points) and rail freight increased by 0,4% (contributing 0,1 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 188,1% in April 2021 compared with April 2020. The corresponding income increased by 253,5% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 11,6% in the three months ended April 2021 compared with the previous three months. Road passenger journeys decreased by 12,4% (contributing -11,4 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys decreased by 2,4% (contributing -0,2 of a percentage point).