OREANDA-NEWS. August 07, 2014. According to the latest figures, in July 2014 the Russian Railways' network carried 99,700,000 passengers, 1.1% fewer than during the month last year. Suburban passenger numbers were down 0.1% to 87.8 million, while long-distance passengers fell 7.8% to 12 million.

Passenger turnover in July 2014 amounted to 15.6 billion passenger-kilometres, 9.4% less than in July 2013.

In January-July 2014, the network carried 613.4 million passengers, down by 0.3% compared to January-July 2013. Suburban passenger numbers were up 0.6% to 554 200 000, while long-distance passengers fell 7.7% to 59.2 million.

Passenger turnover on the Russian Railways' network since the beginning of 2014 decreased by 7.5% compared to last year and amounted to 73 billion passenger-kilometres.