Transport throughput in RF up 4.2% to 1.251.7 trillion t-km – State Statistics Service

In January-March, 2008, transport throughput in the Russian Federation grew by 4.2%, year-on-year, to 1.251.7 trillion t-km, the report of State Statistics Service reads according to PRIME-TASS. In the reported period, turnover of railway transport totaled 550.8 billion t-km (+9.6%); automobile – 47.8 billion t-km (+2.9%); maritime – 16 billion t-km (+33%); inland water transport – 1.5 billion t-km (-69.6%); avia transport  – 0.9 billion t-km (+40.2%); pipe transport – 634.7 billion t-km (+0.1 %).