Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, June 2023

Freight transportation


The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 0,9% in June 2023 compared with June 2022. The corresponding income increased by 3,3% over the same period.

 

Income from freight transportation increased by 5,2% in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the second quarter of 2022. The main positive contributors to this increase were:

·        primary mining and quarrying products (12,5% and contributing 4,0 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ freight (5,8% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 2,1% in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the first quarter of 2023. Road freight decreased by 2,1% (contributing -1,8 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 2,2% (contributing -0,3 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys increased by 15,9% in June 2023 compared with June 2022. The corresponding income increased by 15,8% over the same period.

 

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 2,2% in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the first quarter of 2023. Road passenger journeys decreased by 3,1% (contributing -2,7 percentage points) while rail passenger journeys increased by 3,7% (contributing 0,5 of a percentage point).