Passenger transportation by railway increases by more than 96% in Azerbaijan

Passenger transportation by railway increases by more than 96% in Azerbaijan
# 20 June 2022 15:57 (UTC +04:00)

In January-May of 2022, 7 mln. tones of cargo and 1 720,2 thousand passengers were transported via railway transport in Azerbaijan, the State Statistics committee told APA-Economics.

During the reporting period, an increase of 14% was observed in cargo transportation compared with the same period of 2021, and a 96,2% increase was observed in passenger transportation.

“On average, 294 wagons were loaded and 371 unloaded per day. 14.2 thousand tons of cargo was loaded in the northern direction, 2.8 thousand tons in the western direction, and 0.5 thousand tons in the southern direction per day,” the information reads.

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