High speed long distance rail transportation grew by 31.2% According to data made public this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), it highlights a significant increase of almost 86% in medium-distance train journeys.
arrival new railway operators Railway transportation to our country, which has caused an increase in options and a decrease in prices, has stimulated the railway transportation in Spain in recent months and reached record figures in both medium and long distances.
rail transport Last September, it reached 58.55 million passengers in Spain, growing by 11.2 percent compared to last year. The top line was medium distance growth, reaching 6.58 million passengers with an increase of 85.8%, followed by high speed, reaching 2.78 million passengers with 31.2%.
They also recorded significant increases Environment Long-haul increased by 21.1% to 48.3 million passengers and 4.8% to 3.62 million passengers, according to Passenger Transport Statistics (TV) released by the statistical institute on Friday.
Travelers are growing by 14%.
More than 450.7 million passengers used public transport in September; This means a 13.7% increase compared to the same month in 2022. Urban transportation increased by 17 percent on an annual basis, and intercity transportation increased by 13.5 percent. The 16.1 percent increase in intercity bus transportation is noteworthy.
The rate of change in the number of public transport passengers in September compared to August was 34.3%. This growth is lower than the growth recorded in 2022 Compared to 2021, it grew by 44.7% and grew by 48.3%.
Urban transportation was used by 275.7 million passengers in September17 percent increase compared to the same month in 2022. Transportation by metro increased by 11.1 percent on an annual basis. While the largest increase was seen in Malaga with 123.3 percent, the lowest increase was in Madrid with 7.2 percent.
The highest increase in bus transportation among cities with metro Palma (42.8%), and the little one Málaga (11.4%)According to INE data.
There was a 21.2% increase in urban transportation by bus in September compared to the same month of 2022. Number of passengers in bus transportation The largest increases were seen in the Canary Islands (48.5%), the Region of Murcia (30.3%) and the Principality of Asturias (27.1%), while the only decrease in bus transport was in Castilla – La Spot (-0.4%) It’s happening. .
Intercity transportation increased by 13.5 percent.
More than 134.5 million passengers used intercity transport in Spain in September; This represents an increase of 13.5% compared to the same month in 2022. bus It grew by 16.1% (70.6 million) due to railway 11.2% (58.5 million) and weather 6.8% (4.2 million passengers), transportation marine It decreased by 0.1% (1.14 million).
Cercanías increased by 14.1% in transportation bus and 4.8% in transportation railway. 21.7 percent increase in medium distance transportation bus and 85.8% railway.
Finally, long distance transportation increased by 9.8% bus and 21.1% railway. Within the latter, High Speed grew by 31.2%.
Special transport drops
On the other hand, more than 40.3 million users used private and optional transportation This represents a 4.3% year-on-year decline in September.
Number of private transportation passengers decreased by 8.7% and exceeds 25.2 million users. Of this, the rate in the school group fell by 9.7% and the business group by 6.1%. On the contrary, on-demand transportation increased by 4% compared to the same month in 2022, with more than 15.1 million passengers.
Source: Informacion
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