ArmInfo. Cargo transportation in Armenia in January 2020 versus January 2019 increased by 5.6% to 951.7 thousand tons. As noted in the report of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, of the total volume, 51.4% or 489.7 thousand tons accounted for road transport, which decreased by 1.3% in y-o-y terms.
According to statistics, rail freight for the reporting period increased by 6.9% to 234.1 thousand tons, air - by 11.1% to 1 thousand tons. 226.9 thousand tons of natural gas was delivered via the main pipeline, which is 22.3% more than the January figure of 2019. Cargo turnover increased in January 2020 by 19.3% per annum - up to 450 million tons-km.
Passenger traffic in y-o-y decreased by 1.1% - to 13,811 thousand people. In particular, road transport decreased by 2.3% to 11 746.4 thousand people, railway - by 1.8% - to 27.3 thousand people. At the same time, air transportation increased by 22.7% to 260.3 thousand people. Electric passenger transportation also increased - by 4.8%, amounting to 1,777 thousand people. Passenger traffic increased by 6.1% year-on-year to 188.3 million passenger-km.
