Long-distance passenger transportation on Russian Railways network grows 4.6% YoY to 14.3 mln travelers in August

MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) - Passenger transportation on long-distance trains within Russia increased 4.6% year-on-year to 14.3 million travelers in August 2023, OJSC Russian Railways reported, citing operational data.

As reported, 14.5 million passengers traveled via long-distance trains domestically in July 2023, implying a decline of 1.4% month-on-month in August.

Long-distance passenger traffic rose 4.9% year-on-year to 14 billion passenger-kilometers last month.

Russian Railways transported 83 million passengers on long-distance trains along its network in January-August 2023, a rise of 12%, and passenger turnover increased 12.1% to 71.1 billion passenger-kilometers.