IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 8,0% in February 2022 compared with February 2021. The corresponding income increased by 8,1% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 11,5% in the three months ended February 2022 compared with the three months ended February 2021. The main positive contributors to this increase were:

·        ‘other’ freight (22,8% and contributing 4,8 percentage points);

·        primary mining and quarrying products (5,0% and contributing 1,8 percentage points); and

·        manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (16,6% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 4,9% in the three months ended February 2022 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 5,0% (contributing 4,0 percentage points) and rail freight increased by 4,4% (contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 2,8% in February 2022 compared with February 2021. The corresponding income increased by 3,3% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 9,0% in the three months ended February 2022 compared with the previous three months. Road passenger journeys decreased by 6,8% (contributing -6,0 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys decreased by 25,1% (contributing -3,1 percentage points).