IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 21,2% in August 2022 compared with August 2021. The corresponding income increased by 24,5% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 25,7% in the three months ended August 2022 compared with the three months ended August 2021.  The main positive contributors to this increase were:

·        primary mining and quarrying products (23,3% and contributing 7,9 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ freight (29,7% and contributing 5,7 percentage points);

·        manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (23,8% and contributing 2,8 percentage points); and

·        agriculture and forestry primary products (30,4% and contributing 2,5 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 8,8% in the three months ended August 2022 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 11,2% (contributing 9,3 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 2,5% (contributing -0,4 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 6,3% in August 2022 compared with August 2021. The corresponding income increased by 18,4% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 0,4% in the three months ended August 2022 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 29,7% (contributing -2,2 percentage points) while road passenger journeys increased by 2,0% (contributing 1,8 percentage points).