FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS CARRIED

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ In the first half of 2012, the railway transport carried 9, 951.2 thous. tons of freight and 1,956.3 thous.passengers (double counting). It was a rise by 1,426.4 thous.t or 16.7 percent, and of the passengers by 135.2 thous.persons or 7.4 percent against 2011. It increased a revenue from railway transport by 34.0 bln.tog or 19.5 percent to 208.4 bln.tog in the first half of 2012 against the same period of 2011. . During this time, 1,876.3 tons of freight and 321.3 thous.passengers (double counting) were carried by the air transport. Compared to same period of the previous year, the number of freight carried rose 917.1 t or 95.6 percent, the number of passengers carried--by 87.1 thous. persons or 37.2 percent. Due to it, a revenue from the air transport went up 12.1 bln.tog or 19.2 percent to 74.8 bln.tog in the first half of 2012 against the same period of 2011. D.Enkhbileg