OREANDA-NEWS. September 08, 2014. According to the latest figures, 99.7 million passengers were transported by all carriers on the Russian Railways' infrastructure in August 2014, 1.4% less than in August 2013. Suburban passenger numbers were down 0.7% to 87.6 million, while long-distance passengers fell 6.2% to 12.1 million.

Passenger turnover in August 2014 amounted to 16.4 billion passenger-kilometres, 7.1% less than in August 2013.

In January-August 2014, the Company carried 714 million passengers, 0.3% less than during January-August 2013. Suburban passenger numbers increased 0.5% to 642.7 million, while long-distance passengers were down 7.4% to 71.4 million.

Passenger turnover on the Russian Railways' network since the beginning of 2014 decreased by 7.1% compared to last year and amounted to 89.7 billion passenger-kilometers.