Transport sector in 2015

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first seven months of 2015, 10513.9 thousand tons of freight and 1671.3 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by railway transport. Compared to the same period of 2014, the carried freight decreased by 585.9 thousand tons or 5.3 percent and the number of carried passengers --by 333.8 thousand people or 16.6 percent. The revenue from railway transport in the first 7 months of 2015 reached MNT 214.0 billion, reflecting decrease of 20.0 billion Togrog or 8.6 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. In the same reporting period, 1574.7 tons of freight and 353.5 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by air transport. Compared to the end of July, 2014, carried freight by airplane decreased by 384.7 tons or 19.6 percent and the number of passengers decreased by 49.0 thousand people or 12.2 percent. In the first 7 months of 2015, the revenue from air transport reached MNT 140.8 billion. The revenue increased by 4.1 billion Togrog or 3.0 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.