Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, August 2019

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 1,9% in August 2019 compared with August 2018. The corresponding income increased by 0,7% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 1,4% in the three months ended August 2019 compared with the three months ended August 2018. The main contributor to this increase was primary mining and quarrying products (6,5% and contributing 2,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 0,6% in the three months ended August 2019 compared with the previous three months. Rail freight decreased by 2,1% (contributing -0,5 of a percentage point) and road freight decreased by 0,1% (contributing -0,1 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 18,8% in August 2019 compared with August 2018. The corresponding income increased by 3,1% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 4,6% in the three months ended August 2019 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 10,0% (contributing -3,9 percentage points) and road passenger journeys decreased by 1,2% (contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).