Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 18,3% in January 2023 compared with January 2022. The corresponding income increased by 19,8% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 18,4% in the three months ended January 2023 compared with the three months ended January 2022. The main contributors to this increase were:

·        primary mining and quarrying products (14,6% and contributing 4,8 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ freight (19,7% and contributing 3,9 percentage points);

·        manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (23,4% and contributing 2,9 percentage points); and

·        agriculture and forestry primary products (34,1% and contributing 2,5 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 1,1% in the three months ended January 2023 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 2,7% (contributing 2,3 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 8,2% (contributing -1,2 percentage points).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 19,0% in January 2023 compared with January 2022. The corresponding income increased by 30,7% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 9,8% in the three months ended January 2023 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys increased by 78,1% (contributing 5,0 percentage points) and road passenger journeys increased by 5,1% (contributing 4,8 percentage points).