ArmInfo. The volume of cargo transportation in Armenia in January-February 2018 increased by 28.8% to 4,830 thousand tons against the same period of the previous year, against the growth of 95.7% a year earlier. Out of them 4 038.4 thousand tons (83.6% of the total volume) accounted for road transport, which is 38.1% more than the figure of a year ago. This is stated in the report of the National Statistical Service of Armenia.
According to the statistical data, rail freight traffic for the reporting period increased by 9.7% - to 417.2 thousand tons. Air transportation, on the contrary, decreased by 20% - up to 2 thousand tons. 372.4 thousand tons of natural gas were supplied via the main pipeline, which is 16.2% less than the figure of a year ago. Freight turnover decreased by 9.4% - to 802.8 million tons-km.
Passenger traffic for the reporting period decreased by 2% - to 29,509.8 thousand people, against the decline of 6.4% a year earlier. Moreover, road transport decreased by 4.5% - up to 25 822.2 thousand people. At the same time, rail transportation increased by 7.2% to 47.7 thousand people, air transportation by 9.3% to 338.4 thousand people, transportation of passengers by electric transport by 21% to 3,300.9 thousand people. Passenger traffic declined by 1.5% to 373.7 million passengers-km.
