Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 12,8% in November 2019 compared with November 2018. The corresponding income decreased by 8,9% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation decreased by 5,2% in the three months ended November 2019 compared with the three months ended November 2018. The main contributors to this decrease were:

•          primary mining and quarrying products (-4,3% and contributing -1,5 percentage points);
•          basic metals and fabricated metal products (-39,2% and contributing -1,5 percentage points); and
•          ‘other’ freight (-5,2% and contributing -0,9 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 4,0% in the three months ended November 2019 compared with the previous three months. Road freight decreased by 4,6% (contributing -3,5 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 2,1% (contributing -0,5 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 16,6% in November 2019 compared with November 2018. The corresponding income increased by 2,6% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys was flat in the three months ended November 2019 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 12,8% (contributing -4,7 percentage points) while road passenger journeys increased by 7,5% (contributing 4,7 percentage points).