IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 4,0% in October 2021 compared with October 2020. The corresponding income increased by 4,2% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation  increased by 5,9% in the three months ended October 2021 compared with the three months ended October 2020. The main positive contributors to this increase were:

·        ‘other’ freight (22,2% and contributing 4,3 percentage points); and

·        chemicals, coke, petroleum, rubber, plastic and other mineral products (15,3% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 0,8% in the three months ended October 2021 compared with the previous three months. Road freight increased by 1,4% (contributing 1,1 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 1,7% (contributing -0,4 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 8,8% in October 2021 compared with October 2020. The corresponding income increased by 7,8% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 1,0% in the three months ended October 2021 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys increased by 55,4% (contributing 4,3 percentage points) while road passenger journeys decreased by 3,6% (contributing -3,3 percentage points).