Passenger traffic on Russian railways increased by 7% in a year

January 9th. /MEDIA TALK/. In the 12 months of last year, 2024, more than 1 billion 284 million people were transported by Russian railways, which is 7% higher than in 2023. The relevant information was posted on the Russian Railways website today. More than 1 billion 156 million passengers used suburban routes (an increase of 7.3%), and 127.4 million used long-distance trains (an increase of 4.4%).

Passenger turnover (the number of passengers transported per kilometer) in 2024 increased by 5.5% compared to the previous year and reached 143.7 billion passenger kilometers, including 35.3 billion passenger kilometers on suburban routes (an increase of 6.4%) and 108.5 billion passenger kilometers on intercity routes (an increase of 5.2%).


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In December 2024, Russian Railways transported 103.2 million passengers, which exceeds the figures for the corresponding period last year by 2.1%, including 93.8 million people (+2.2%) on commuter trains, 9.4 million citizens used long-distance trains (+0.6%).

By the end of 2024, Russian Railways It became one of the top 3 largest investors in Russia, increasing its capital expenditures by 40% over the year to 1.26 trillion rubles. In 2025, the company will allocate 890.9 billion rubles for investment purposes.