In 2024, the number of passengers carried by road transport comprised 191.2 million passengers, which is 2 % more than in 2023.
The number of passengers carried by rail transport comprised 19.5 million, a rise of 13.9 %, compared to 2023.
100.9 million passengers were carried by regular bus traffic lines, which is 2.7 % less than in 2023.
The number of passengers carried by trolleybuses comprised 39.6 million passengers, a rise of 1.7 %, but by trams – 31.2 million passengers, a growth of 12.7 %.
In 2024, 360 thousand passengers arrived at and departed from Ventspils and Liepāja ports with ferries. Their number has dropped by 4.6 %, compared to 2023. At Ventspils port passenger turnover comprised 258.6 thousand passengers, 9.9 % less, but at Liepāja port – 101.4 thousand passengers, which is 12.1 % more. Ferry traffic at Riga Passenger Terminal is closed since 2021.
In 2024, compared to 2023, freight transport by all modes of transport has reduced.
89.3 million tonnes of freights were carried by land transport, a decrease of 7.1 % compared to 2023.
In 2023 rail transport freights comprised 11.1 million tonnes, which is 28.2 % less than in 2023. National freights by rail comprised 1.8 million tonnes – 9.9 % more. In international traffic the volume of freight transported by rail comprised 9.2 million tonnes, a drop of 32.8 %. Of which export freight transport – 1.7 million tonnes, 50.3 % less, import freight transport – 6.8 million tonnes, drop of 28.1 %, but goods in transit – 0.7 million tonnes, 12.7 % less. In 2024 transportation of freights via Latvian ports comprised 6.9 million tonnes, which is 35.2 % less than in 2023.
Freights by road comprised 78.2 million tonnes, which is 3.1 % less than in 2023 Transportation of national freights comprised 61.3 million tonnes, 6.8 % less than a year ago. Transportation of international freights accounted for 16.9 million tonnes – 13.6 % more. Of which export freight transport comprised 4.7 million tonnes, 0.5 % less. Transportation of import freight fell by 7.2 % and comprised 3.2 million tonnes of freight. Cross-trade and cabotage freights comprised 9 million tonnes, 34.2 % more than in 2023. 78.1 % of total road freights were transportation for hire or reward. They rose by 2.1 %.
Freights loaded at ports comprised 26.7 million tonnes, which is 1.3 % more than in 2023. Volume of freights in containers increased by 3.9 %, volume of timber by 28.8 %, but of wood chips by 40.5 %. In turn, volume of coals loaded reduced by 68.4 %, of roll on/roll off by 8.2 %, of oil products by 1.7 %, of grain and grain products by 5.2 %.
9.3 million tonnes of freights were unloaded at ports, their volume fell by 24.2 %. Volume of unloaded freights in containers reduced by 17.6 %, of ores by 74.2 %, of coals by 76.6 %, of roll on/roll off by 8.1 %. But volume of oil products increased by 27.6 %.
Riga International Airport loaded and unloaded 18.8 thousand tonnes of freights or 1.9 % less than in 2023.
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