Railway: NBS Says Passenger Traffic Drops In First Quarter - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 1, 2019
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS said thatrail passenger traffic dropped in the first quarter of this year, compared tothe same period in 2018.
The Rail Transportation Data said that over sevenhundred and twenty three people traveled by rail in the first quarter of thisyear, compared to seven hundred and forty eight people, who traveled in thesame period last year.
The Bureau said there was also decline in the volumeof goods and cargo moved by rail in the first quarter of 2019. It said that atotal of more than fifty four thousand tonnes of cargo were moved by rail inthe first quarter of this year, compared to the seventy nine thousand carriedin the first quarter of 2018.
Revenue generated from passengers in the firstquarter of 2019 was put at five hundred and twenty. seventy nine  million naira as against five hundred andseven point forty nine million naira  inthe first quarter of 2018.
Similarly, revenue generated from goods/cargo infirst quarter, 2019 was put at one hundred and two point fifty eight millionnaira as against eighty four point forty million naira in the first quarter of2018.