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UKRAINIAN TRANSPORT COMPANIES RAISE PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN JAN-OCT

29 November , 2021  

Ukrainian transport companies carried almost 2.215 billion passengers in January-October 2021, which is 4% more than in the same period in 2020, the State Statistics Service has reported.The passenger turnover of transport companies in January-October 2021 amounted to 53 billion passenger-kilometers, which is 28.4% more than last year.According to the State Statistics Service, 69.4 million passengers used rail transport in January-October (including city commuter train services), which is 20.8% more than in January-October 2020, and 911.6 million passengers were carried by road (1.1% more).Air transport increased passenger traffic by 91.8%, to 8.2 million people.In addition, according to the State Statistics Service, in January-October 2021, some 331.1 million passengers used trams (5.8% less compared to January-October 2020), 399.3 million used subway (18.9% more), and 495.3 million used trolleybuses (3.4% more).During the specified period, water transport carried 500,000 passengers (72.5% more).