Passenger traffic on Russian Railways up 1.5%

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Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin recently announced the company’s ridership statistics so far in 2011.

“Passenger traffic carried on the infrastructure of Russian Railways in the first seven months of 2011 increased by 1.5% compared to last year,” said Yakunin.

“Long distance traffic was up by 1.4%, and suburban traffic rose by 1.5%.”

The growth of long distance passenger traffic is due to the marketing campaign being implemented by the First Passenger Company, a Russian Railways spokesperson said.

The campaign includes special fares on train services to the Black Sea coast of the North Caucasus and on additional and seasonal trains, as well as discounts depending on the day of the week and the passenger’s destination.

“In total, the marketing campaign attracted some 225,000 additional passengers during the two summer months,” said the Company president.

This year, the areas targeted by the campaign comprised up to 40% of the passenger numbers in compartments and sleeping carriages compared with 7% in 2009.

During the two summer months, 323, 000 children travelled by long-distance train.

Russian Railways laid on 152 special children’s trains, 50% more than last year, and hitched up 411 additional carriages during the 2011 summer season.

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