OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2012. According to the latest figures, the Russian Railways’ infrastructure carried 83.7 million passengers in November 2012, 2.7% more than in November 2011. Suburban commuter numbers amounted to 74.9 million, an increase of 3%, while long-distance passengers rose 0.3% to 8.8 million, reported the press-centre of RZD. 

Passenger turnover in November 2012 amounted to 10.3 billion passenger-kilometres, 1.6% more than in November 2011.

In January-November 2012, 969.4 million passengers travelled on the Russian Railways’ infrastructure, an increase of 6.5% compared to January-November 2011, with long-distance passenger numbers increasing by 1.5% to 107.6 million, while suburban commuter passengers rose 7.2% to 861.8 million.

Passenger turnover on the Russian Railways’ network since the beginning of in 2012 increased by 3.6% compared to last year and amounted to 134.4 billion passenger-kilometres.