Russian Railways’ network transports 84.6 million passengers in March 2014

Passenger turnover in March 2014 amounted to 8.6 billion passenger-kilometres, 7.6% fewer than during the same month in 2013.

In January-March 2014, 234.7 million passengers used the Russian Railways’ network, 1.3% more than during January-March 2013. Long-distance passengers totalled 21.9 million, a decline of 6.7%, while suburban passenger numbers rose 2.2 % to 212,900,000.

Passenger turnover on the Russian Railways’ network since the beginning of 2014 decreased by 5.2% compared to last year and amounted to 25.7 billion passenger-kilometres.