Baku. Vusal Nabiyev – APA-Economics. In January-April 2016 4.6 mln tonnes of cargo and 581,700 passengers were carried by railway transport, relevantly down 25.5% and 21.3% in comparison to a year earlier.
State Statistical Committee says on average 414 wagons were entrained, 389 wagons detrained per day.
17,300 tonnes of cargo were entrained on the North direction, 4,400 tonnes – on West direction and 1,500 tonnes – on South directions.
In general, 7.0% of cargo transportation falls to share of railway transport.