Passenger traffic on Russian Railways’ network increase by 2.1%

According to the latest figures, the infrastructure owned by Russian Railways transported 100.9 million passengers in September 2018, an increase of 2.1% over the same month last year. Suburban passenger numbers amounted to 91.7 million, up by 1.6%, while long-distance passengers rose by 6.9% to 9.2 million.

Passenger turnover in September 2018 increased by 5.3% compared to the September 2017 and totalled 11.54 billion passenger-kilometres.

Suburban turnover amounted to 2.93 billion passenger-kilometres, an increase of 3.3%, while long-distance turnover rose 6% to 8.61 billion passenger-kilometres.

A total of 854 million passengers were carried during January to September 2018, which was up by 2.3% compared to the same nine-month period in 2017. Long-distance passengers were up by 8.2% to 85.3 million, while suburban passenger numbers rose to 768.7 million, an increase of 1.7%.

Passenger turnover on the Russian Railways’ network rose by 5% since the beginning of 2018 compared to the first three quarters of 2017 and amounted to 101 billion passenger-kilometres. Suburban passenger turnover amounted to 24.4 billion passenger-km, up by 1.7%, while long-distance passenger turnover reached 76.6 billion pass-km, an increase of 6.1%.

Between January and September 2018, the Moscow Central Ring (MCR) transported almost 92.6 million passengers, an increase of 18.4%, including about 11.3 million journeys in September 2018 alone, a rise of 10.9%.

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Railway complex is of particular strategic importance for Russia. This is the link of a single economic system provides stable operation of industrial enterprises, the timely supply of essential goods to the most remote corners of the country and is the most affordable transport for millions of citizens.

Russian Railways is part of the global top three railway companies. The company's facts:

• huge volumes of freight and passenger transport;
• high financial ratings;
• qualified specialists in all areas of rail transport;
• big scientific and technical base;
• design and construction of power;
• significant experience in international cooperation.