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Transport enterprises of Ukraine increase passenger traffic by 4% in Jan-July – statistics
KYIV. Aug 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian transport companies transported almost 1.5 billion passengers in January-July 2021, which is 4% more than in the same period in 2020, the State Statistics Service reported.
The passenger turnover of transport enterprises in January-July 2021 amounted to 34.8 billion passenger-kilometers, which is 26.8% more than last year.
According to the State Statistics Service, 47.5 million passengers used rail transport (including city commuter train services) in January-July, which is 22% more than in January-July 2020, and 622.8 million passengers used road transport (more by 0.8%).
Air transport increased passenger traffic by 99.6%, to 4.7 million people.
In addition, according to the State Statistics Service, over the seven months of 2021, some 222.6 million passengers used trams (less by 6.4% versus January-July 2020), 261.7 million people used subway (more by 22%), and 340.1 million people were carried by trolleybuses (more by 2.9%).
During the specified period, water transport carried 200,000 passengers (more by 182%).
As noted by the State Statistics Service, the data are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol and part of the non-government-controlled districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
