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Friday, 19.04.2024, 07:04
Freight carriage of Estonian Railways increased by 7.5% in July y-o-y
"The positive trend of the past few months lets us expect that the
carriage of goods on our infrastructure is stabilizing and this year's volume
will remain around last year's volume," CEO of the Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) Erik Laidvee said.
"We are actively cooperating with our existing customers as well as
new ones and are constantly dealing with new projects to increase carriage
volumes," he added.
Passenger carriage is constantly growing on the infrastructure of Estonian
Railways. In the first seven months of the year 4.2 million passengers were
carried, which is 5.6% more than in the same period last year. In July 582,100
passengers were carried, 4.1% more than in July 2016.
"The number of passengers has seen a stable growth of around 5% in the
past few years, and as a result of our railway renovation and development
projects it is definitely possible to hold and increase this growth trend in
coming years," Laidvee said.