Passenger and freight transport rises in Q1 2026
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Passenger and freight transportation increased in the first quarter

Public transport companies carried 82.8 million passengers in January-March 2026, 0.7% more than in the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
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However, there are extremely contradictory trends in this market.

The overall growth was due to an increase in the number of passengers transported by air (+9.4%) and trolleybus (+1.5%).

At the same time, the number of passengers carried by rail (-68.9%), river (-58.8%) and road (-0.5%) transport decreased sharply during these three months.

Passenger turnover increased by 8.1% and amounted to 1,594.6 million passenger-km.

Cargo transportation also increased – railway, road, river and air transport enterprises transported 4.5 million tons of cargo, which is 15.1% higher than in January-March 2025.

However, even here there is serious volatility depending on the type of vehicles.

The volume of cargo transported by road (+17.7%) and rail (+2.3%) increased over the period.

At the same time, the volume of cargo transported by river (-57.0%) and air (-56.7%) transport decreased.

At the same time, the total cargo turnover of transport enterprises amounted to 1332.3 million ton-km, which is 14.7% less than in the same period last year.


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