Rail passenger transport in the Republic of Moldova increased by 42.3% in January-March 2023 compared to the same period last year.
The National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) in Chișinău released data on passenger and freight transport in January-March 2023. From the published data, it appears that there was an increase in the number of passengers transported by all modes of public transport: air, rail, trolleybus, road and river transport.
Passenger travel in the reporting period was up 49.6% compared to the same period in 2022 and amounted to 1 254.2 million passenger-km. Significant increases were recorded in air (2.6 times), rail (2.0 times), trolleybus (+30.8%) and bus and minibus (+17.0%) transport. In the passenger travel structure, significant shares were accounted for by electric and road passenger trips. Trolleybuses carried 46.1 million passengers, an increase of 30.3% compared to January-March 2022. The number of passengers transported by trolleybuses in the municipality of Chișinău (the country’s capital) amounted to 41.3 million, in the municipality of Balti – 4.8 million. During the period under consideration, 20.9 million passengers were transported by road transport (buses and minibuses), the BNS also informs.
Decrease in the volume of goods transported by rail
While passenger rail transport in the Republic of Moldova has seen a significant increase, the trend in freight transport is the opposite.
From the published data, in January-March 2023, rail, road, river and air transport enterprises transported 4.0 million tonnes of goods, which is 12.3% less than in January-March 2022. During the reporting period, the volume of goods transported by air (+49.5%) and inland waterways (+10.5%) increased, while the volume of goods transported by rail (-12.5%) and road (-12.4%) decreased.
In the period January – March 2023, freight journeys totalled 1 369.1 million tonne-km, up 4.3% compared to the same period last year. Rail transport, which accounts for 20.4% of the structure of goods transported, recorded decreases in the volume of goods transported by 12.5% and the freight journey – by 11.8% compared to the same period last year (2022).
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