IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 2,4% in 2019 compared with 2018 while the corresponding income increased by 0,3% over the same period.

In December 2019 the volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 10,1% year-on-year. The corresponding income decreased by 4,4% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation decreased by 6,1% in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with the fourth quarter of 2018. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

•          primary mining and quarrying products (-6,4% and contributing -2,2 percentage points);
•          basic metals and fabricated metal products (-37,9% and contributing -1,3 percentage points); and
•          ‘other’ freight (-5,8% and contributing -1,0 percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 5,2% in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with the previous quarter. Road freight decreased by 5,8% (contributing -4,4 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 3,2% (contributing -0,8 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 16,0% in 2019 compared with 2018. The corresponding income increased by 2,1% over the same period.

In December 2019 the number of passenger journeys decreased by 17,6% year-on-year. The corresponding income decreased by 1,2% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 2,4% in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with the previous quarter. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 5,9% (contributing -2,1 percentage points) and road passenger journeys decreased by 0,5% (contributing -0,3 of a percentage point).