Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 26,4% in July 2022 compared with July 2021. The corresponding income increased by 32,9% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 22,8% in the three months ended July 2022 compared with the three months ended July 2021.  The main positive contributors to this increase were:

·        primary mining and quarrying products (18,4% and contributing 6,3 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ freight (31,7% and contributing 5,9 percentage points);

·        manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (25,6% and contributing 3,0 percentage points); and

·        agriculture and forestry primary products (27,7% and contributing 2,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 9,3% in the three months ended July 2022 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 12,1% (contributing 9,9 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 3,4% (contributing -0,6 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 6,4% in July 2022 compared with July 2021. The corresponding income increased by 30,8% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 2,5% in the three months ended July 2022 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 37,7% (contributing -3,1 percentage points) while road passenger journeys increased by 0,7% (contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).