ArmInfo. The cargo transportations volume in Armenia in January- April of 2017 versus the same period of last year increased for 71,6% - up to 8 243,4 tons. 6 659,9 thopusand tons (80,8% of total volume) us the share of vehicle transportations, with the annual growth for 94,2%. This is stated by Armenian National statistics service data.
According to the statistics data, the railway cargo transportations for the reported period grew for 8,6 % - up to 871.9 thousand tons. Air transportation grew also - for 82,1% - up to 7,1 thousand tons. About 704.5 thousand tons of natural gas was delivered by the general pipeline, which is 24,1% more versus the indicator for the similar period of last year. The cargo turnover increased for 20% - up to 1 541.4 mln tons/km.
Passengers transportations for the period mentioned decreased for 5,2% - down to 64 300.9 thousand people, within the 0,2 anual drop down a year before. Within the decrease of automobile transportations for 5,6% - down to 57 148,2 persons, railway transportations - for 4,3% - down to 94,4 thousand persons, electric vehicles transportations - for 4,3% down to 6 389,7 thousand persons, the air transportations invreased for 28,84% up to 668,6 thousand persons. The passenger turnover decreased for 0,8% - down to 820,3 mln persons/km.
