The number of passengers carried in January-July 2025 amounted to 1 billion 261.8 million, which is 0.4% more than in the same period of 2024, according to the State Statistics Service website.
According to its data, passenger traffic grew more significantly, by 5.3%, to 26.24 billion passenger-kilometers.
The State Statistics Service notes that the dynamics of passenger traffic compared to last year has been improving for the fifth month in a row, while passenger traffic has been improving for the third month in a row.
In terms of modes of transport, urban electric transport remains the main mode in terms of volume – 688.1 million (+0.3% compared to the first seven months of last year) and road transport – 536 million (+0.9%).
The growth in urban electric transport was driven by the metro, which showed an increase of 5.6% to 189.8 million, while the volume of trolleybus transport decreased by 0.1% to 317.7 million, and tram transport by 4.3% to 180.6 million.
Rail transport, including urban electric trains, carried 37.3 million passengers in the first seven months of this year, which is 4.9% less than in the first seven months of last year. At the same time, passenger traffic on rail transport during this period decreased by only 0.1%, while road transport increased by 7.6%.
It should be noted that road transport accounts for 42% of passenger traffic, rail transport for 37%, and urban electric transport for 16.8% due to short travel distances.
The agency also reports 0.4 million air transport passengers, which is 57% more than during the same period last year, and passenger traffic by this mode of transport jumped by 78.4% and exceeded tram passenger traffic.
