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Freight transport decreased in all modes of transport
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Freight transport decreased in all modes of transport - 1st Quarter 2026
08 June 2026

Summary

In the 1st quarter of 2026, 69.3 million passengers travelled by metro which corresponded to a year-on-year reduction of 2.2% (-3.5% in 4th Q 2025). In the same period, rail transport registered 57.6 million passengers, representing a growth of 0.8% (+6.7% in 4th Q 2025).

National airports handled 14.5 million passengers, corresponding to an increase of 3.9% (+4.7% in the 4th Q 2025). Passenger transport by inland waterways totalled 5.1 million, which represented a reduction of 3.1% compared with the same quarter of 2025 (-3.5% in the 4th Q 2025).

Freight transport registered a decrease in all modes of transport. The sharpest decrease was in road transport (-12.7%; -4.9% in 4th Q 2025), followed by maritime transport (-6.5%; -18.0% in previous quarter), rail (-2.1%; -4.3%) and air (-0.3%; -6.2%).

Oil transport by pipeline increased 5.0% compared with the same period of last year (+2.4% in 4th Q 2025). Gas transport by pipeline recorded more significant increases in input (+11.0%; +0.3% in 4th Q 2025) and output (+11.7%; +0.4% in previous quarter).


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