Growth of rail freight transport and fewer passengers transported

Zagreb, 10. December 2020. - In the third quarter of 2020. Rail freight in Croatia carried one percent more goods and reached 9.3 percent more tunnel kilometres compared to the same period last year. The largest growth was achieved by new freight undertakings, 11.4 percent in goods transported and 25.5 percent in ton kilometres, while HZ-Cargo d.o.o. at the same time, 10.5% less goods transported and 0.5% fewer tunnels. In the third quarter new freight undertakings have a 57.7 percent share in goods transported and 43.2 percent in tons of miles compared to HZ Cargo d.o.o.

Comparing the shares of train kilometres by type of transport, freight transport accounted for 32.5 percent, and passenger transport for 67.5 percent. Among the freight undertakings the largest share of train kilometres was HZ Cargo d. o. o. with 57.2 percent, the rest reached 8 new undertakings in the railway market. At the same time, new freight undertakings had an 8.6 percent increase in mileage, while the passenger carrier achieved 5.6 percent fewer train kilometres compared to the same period last year.

Compared to the third quarter of last year, the number of passengers carried decreased by 25.0 percent, and passenger kilometres-by 31.7 percent in the passenger rail market.

Indicators of the railway services market are available via the Internet link.

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