OREANDA-NEWS. June 05, 2014. According to the latest figures, in May 2014, the Russian Railways' infrastructure carried 90 million passengers, 1.1 % less than during May 2013. Suburban passengers amounted to 81.9 million, the same as in May 2013, while long distance passenger numbers fell 11.2% to 8.1 million.

Passenger turnover in May 2014 amounted to 10 billion passenger-kilometres, which is 9.7 % less than in May 2013.

During January-May 2014, the network carried 416.4 million passengers, 2% up on January-May 2013. Suburban passenger numbers amounted to 379.3 million, up 3.2%, while long-distance passengers fell 8.3% to 37.2 million.

Passenger turnover on the network of Russian Railways since the beginning of 2014 decreased by 6.3% compared to last year and amounted to 44.6 billion passenger-kilometres.