Methodological explanation for the news release:
Transport of passengers and goods
Passenger transport
Kilometres spent of the vehicle- kilometres spent during the period of the reporting month are shown regardless if the ride was in
function of transport or not.
Passenger - any person who purchases a ticket and enters in a bus for transport on determinate place.
Passenger - kilometre - unit of measurement, representing the transport of one passenger over a distance of one kilometre.
Urban-suburban transport
Transport of passengers - refers only to the transport performed at the urban and suburban lines intermediately in the urban area
(taxi transport is not covered).
Vehicle kilometre - unit of measurement representing the movement of a road motor vehicle over one kilometre. It includes
movements of empty road motor vehicles (without passengers).
Freight road transport
Kilometres spent of the vehicle - represent the kilometres spent of the vehicle with freight or empty.
Tonne of goods - unit of measure which represent the weight of goods
Tonne-kilometre - unit of measure of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne by road over one kilometre.
Railway transport
Data for passengers transported cover all the passengers transported with railway cars in the national and international
transport.
Data on goods transported cover all transported goods with railway cars in the national and international transport.
Loaded goods - all goods loaded in national and international transport.
Unloaded goods - all goods unloaded in national and international transport.
Passenger is each person who uses railway car for transport, except for the crew of the car.
Passenger - kilometre - unit of measurement representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one
kilometre.
Goods transported represent a sum of all goods transported with railway cars.
Net - tonne kilometre - unit of measurement of goods transport, which represents the transport of goods in one wagon by rail over
a distance of one kilometre.
Air transport
Data for passenger carried include all arrived and departured passengers in regular and charter transport.
Data for goods carried include all arrived and departured goods in regular and charter transport.
Last updated:
11.02.2011
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