Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, July 2019

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 2,2% in July 2019 compared with July 2018. The corresponding income was flat between July 2018 and July 2019.

Income from freight transportation increased by 2,7% in the three months ended July 2019 compared with the three months ended July 2018. The main contributor to this increase was primary mining and quarrying products (11,0% and contributing 3,7 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 1,3% in the three months ended July 2019 compared with the previous three months. Road freight decreased by 2,0% (contributing -1,5 percentage points) while rail freight increased by 0,9% (contributing 0,2 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 22,7% in July 2019 compared with July 2018. The corresponding income decreased by 2,1% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 6,2% in the three months ended July 2019 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 12,9% (contributing -5,3 percentage points) while road passenger journeys decreased by 1,5% (contributing -0,9 of a percentage point).