IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Income from freight transportation

The income from freight transportation for the three months ended July 2011 increased by 12,2% compared with the three months ended July 2010. Income from freight transportation for July 2011 increased by 8,5% compared with July 2010. The volume of goods transported (payload) for July 2011 increased by 4,3% compared with July 2010.

The year-on-year increase of 12,2% in income from freight transportation for the three months ended July 2011 was driven largely by primary mining and quarrying products (25,1% and contributing 7,6 percentage points), followed by manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (11,9% and contributing 1,7 percentage points) and containers (19,8% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Income from passenger transportation

The income from passenger transportation for the three months ended July 2011 increased by 11,7% compared with the three months ended July 2010. Income from passenger transportation for July 2011 increased by 5,5% compared with July 2010, whilst the number of passengers increased by 1,7% over this period.

The main contributor to the year-on-year increase of 11,7% in income from passenger transportation for the three months ended July 2011 was road passenger transportation (10,4% and contributing 8,3 percentage points), followed by railway passenger transportation (16,8% and contributing 3,5 percentage points).