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Rest of the railway traffic in China
In the third trimester of 2017 decided decrease of the passengers and the goods transported
October 23, 2017
In the third trimester of this year the railway traffic of the passengers and the goods in China has rest quickly. Railway Corporation lowers has announced that in the first nine months of the 2017 traffic of the passengers it is piled to 2,31 billion total people for 1,050, 7 billion passenger-kilometer, with progressions respective of +9.1% and +6.7% on the correspondent period last year. Moreover the traffic goods has been attested to 2,18 billion tons for a total of 1.775, 4 billion ton-kilometer, with increments of +13.9% and +16.8% on the first nine months of 2016.
If in the first six months of this year the traffic of the passengers had recorded increases of +9.9% and +6.7% in terms of number of transported people and number of passengers for the relative distances, and that of the goods increases respective of +14.8% and +18.2%, in the third trimester of the 2017 they turn out to be transported 837,5 million passengers for 393,8 billion passenger-kilometer, with bendings respective of the -41,5% and the -43,0% on the same period of 2016, and 741,9 million tons of goods for 601,0 billion ton-kilometer, with decreases of the -42,5% and the -41,4% on the third trimester of2016.
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