Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 11,3% in November 2024 compared with November 2023. The corresponding income decreased by 6,8% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation decreased by 8,2% in the three months ended November 2024 compared with the three months ended November 2023. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

·      ‘other’ freight (-25,3% and contributing -5,6 percentage points);

·      primary mining and quarrying products (-6,9% and contributing -2,3 percentage points); and

·      agriculture and forestry primary products (-17,8% and contributing -1,1 percentage points).

The main positive contributor was containers (19,2% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 2,6% in the three months ended November 2024 compared with the previous three months. Road freight decreased by 2,6% (contributing -2,2 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 2,9% (contributing -0,5 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys increased by 1,3% in November 2024 compared with November 2023. The corresponding income decreased by 4,0% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 3,6% in the three months ended November 2024 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys increased by 14,8% (contributing 3,4 percentage points) and road passenger journeys increased by 0,3% (contributing 0,2 of a percentage point).