Number of passengers carried by all types of transport in Uzbekistan increased by 4% year-on-year in January-June 2013 and totalled 3.302 billion persons , the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

The committee added that the passenger turnover has increased by 6.6% and was 43.7 billion pass-km.

The largest share in passenger transportation and passenger turnover falls on motor transport – 98.6% and 87.2% respectively.

The number of passengers carried by railway transport has increased by 8.3% and was 8.9 million persons. The passenger turnover has increased by 8% and totalled 1.811 billion pas-km.

About 1.272 million persons were carried by air transport, which is 1.4% less than in January-June 2012. The passenger turnover was 3.531 billion pass-km or 8.3% higher than in January-June 2012.

In comparison with January-June 2012, the passenger transportation and passenger turnover of underground decreased by 8.4% in January-June 2013.

(Source: Uzdaily.com)