PASSENGER TRAFFIC HOLDS UP AS FREIGHT COLLAPSES

This survey of European railway performance shows that economic recession reduced traffic for many railways during 1992. Several operators increased productivity by better targetting of services and staff to match demand. The performance of Netherlands Railways (NS) was outstanding. Its passenger traffic continued to rise rapidly (22% per year) at a time when most other European railways recorded little change from 1991 performance levels. Rail passenger and freight levels have decreased in many countries, as shown by a comparative table and two sets of graphs. Other comparative tables give railway productivity in actual and weighted traffic-km per staff member, average loadings of European passenger and freight trains in 1991 and 1992, and average traffic density on all routes in 1992. The survey has been widened from the comparable survey for 1991, to reflect political changes in Eastern Europe during 1992-92. It now includes figures from the three Baltic republics and three states of the former Yugoslavia. Passenger and freight statistics are also included for the 19 zonal railways in the Russian Federation. Although accurate freight figures are available for 1991 and 1992, the 1992 passenger figures are only provisional. The best productivity on Russian railways is found on the trans-Siberian railway, and the worst in the Moscow and Baikal-Amur railways.

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• Authors:
  • Jackson, C
• Publication Date: 1993-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 499-502
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 149
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Statistics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Russia (Federation); Yugoslavia
• ITRD Terms: 8034: Europe; 741: Goods traffic; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8156: Russia; 6555: Statistics; 9084: Use; 8128: Yugoslavia
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00662533
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM