Ulaanbaatar
Transport sector in first seven months
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first 7 months of 2016, 10729.3 thousand tons of freight and 1554.3 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by railway transport.
Compared with same period of the previous year, the amount of carried freight increased by 157.2 thousand tons or 1.5 percent and the number of carried passengers decreased by 128.9 thousand or 7.7 percent.
The revenue from railway transport in the first 7 months of 2016, reached MNT 233.7 billion, reflecting increase of MNT 19.8 billion or 9.3 percent compared with same period of the previous year.
In the same reporting period, 1721.6 tons of freight and 366.5 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by air transport. The amount of carried freight increased by 146.9 tons or 9.3 percent and the number of carried passengers-- by 12.9 thousand or 3.7 percent compared to the same period of last year.
The revenue from air transport reached MNT 157.4 billion and has increased by MNT16.0 billion or 11.3 percent compared to the same period of 2015.
