OREANDA-NEWS. February 06, 2014. According to the latest figures, the Russian Railways' network carried 76.2 m passengers in January 2014, 4.3% more than in January 2013.

Suburban commuters numbered 67.7 million, an increase of 5.2% on January 2013, while long-distance passengers fell 2.4% to 8.5 million.

Passenger turnover in January 2014 amounted to 9.9 billion passenger-kilometres, which is 1.5% less than during January 2013.