IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 6,9% in January 2019 compared with January 2018. The corresponding income increased by 8,1% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 9,4% in the three months ended January 2019 compared with the three months ended January 2018. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (17,5% and contributing 6,1 percentage points); and
• chemicals, coke, petroleum, rubber, plastic and other mineral (11,8% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 1,1% in the three months ended January 2019 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 2,0% (contributing 1,6 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 2,2% (contributing -0,5 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 10,4% in January 2019 compared with January 2018. The corresponding income decreased by 0,4% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 3,7% in the three months ended January 2019 compared with the previous three months. Road passenger journeys increased by 5,6% (contributing 3,2 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys increased by 1,2% (contributing 0,5 of a percentage point).