Passenger Transportation Down 3.5% To 4.5 Billion People In 2018

In 2018, all types of transport decreased passenger transportation by 3.5% year over year to 4,486.7 million passengers.

The State Statistics Service has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

In 2018, passenger flow rose by 4.4% to 103.792 billion passenger-kilometers.

In 2018, railway transport decreased the transportation of passengers by 4.4% year over year to 157.6 million, and the passenger flow rose by 1.3% year over year to 28.438 billion passenger-kilometers.

At the same time, passenger transportation by motor vehicles decreased by 5.6% year over year to 1,906.9 million, while the passenger flow fell by 2.5% year over year to 34.611 billion passenger-kilometers.

Passenger transportation by air rose by 17% year over year to 12.4 million, and the passenger flow increased by 25% year over year to 25.433 billion passenger-kilometers.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in the first eleven months of 2018, all types of transport decreased passenger transportation by 3% year over year to 4,123.6 million passengers.

In 2017, all types of transport increased passenger transportation by 0.3% year over year to 4,647.2 million passengers.

Passenger transportation in 2018:

* - including passengers transported by city electric train.