OREANDA-NEWS. October 09, 2012. In September 2012, Russian Railways transported 91.8 million passengers, 3.9% more than during September 2011, including 82.1 million (+4.4%) on suburban commuter services and 9.7 million on long-distance trains (+0.3%), reported the press-centre of Russian Railways.

Passenger turnover in September 2012 totalled 13 billion passenger-kilometres, 2.2% more than in the same month last year.

In January-September 2012, Russian Railways carried 791,200,000 passengers, 6.8% more than the same period in 2011, with 90 million passengers (+1.8%) travelling on long-distance trains and 701.2 million (+7.5%) on suburban services.

Passenger turnover on the Russian Railways’ network since the beginning of 2012 increased by 3.8% compared to last year and amounted to 113 billion passenger-kilometres.