IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 7,9% in October 2018 compared with October 2017. The corresponding income increased by 8,2% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 8,1% in the three months ended October 2018 compared with the three months ended October 2017. The main positive contributors to this increase were: 

• primary mining and quarrying products (15,0% and contributing 5,2 percentage points);
• agriculture and forestry primary products (12,8% and contributing 1,0 percentage point); and
• containers (20,0% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).
   
  Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 4,7% in the three months ended October 2018 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 6,0% (contributing 4,6 percentage points) and rail freight increased by 0,3% (contributing 0,1 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 11,5% in October 2018 compared with October 2017. The corresponding income increased by 0,2% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 0,9% in the three months ended October 2018 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 12,0% (contributing -5,8 percentage points) while road passenger journeys increased by 9,3% (contributing 4,8 percentage points).