The geographical location, along with the vast national landscape, provides Russia with great potential for the development of all means of transportation. The
in the country has fluctuated over the past decade, measuring at roughly 12.4 billion euros in 2020. In terms of freight transport, the
, accounting for over 1.1 billion metric tons of transported goods in the first quarter of 2022 alone. However, when looking at the
, airways, along with pipeline and inland waterways, led the ranking.
Public transportation
Buses are the
cheapest mode of public transportation in Russia, with the average ticket price standing at below 30 Russian rubles in 2021. Consequently, they were also the
most frequented type of road transportation in that year. The rather obsolete trolleybus, which is the first electric bus that drew energy from double overhead wires, is still in use in Russia. As of 2022, more than 80 Russian cities continued to rely on trolleybus services in view of
high congestion levels in large urban areas. However, the lack of modern features on the trolleybus fleet prompt many cities to gradually replace them with more comfortable buses and electric buses.
Freight transportation
Following a period of growth between 2016 and 2019, the
annual road freight volume in Russia saw a slight decline in 2020. Consecutive lockdowns and restrictions on cross-border movement as a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic made road freight transport volume in the country fall by 5.4 billion ton-kilometer in that year. Nearly
14.3 million metric tons of goods were transported by logistic organizations in the Central Federal District, making it the leading region by transported road freight in the first quarter of 2022. While major commodity groups transported by were fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and small industrial products, energy commodities prevailed in rail transportation.
Charcoal, oil, and petroleum products made up the biggest share of rail freight in Russia in 2021.
Cargo transportation
The
inland waterway cargo volume in Russia considerably fluctuated in recent years, marking an 11 percent growth in 2021. When looking at maritime transport in Russia, the largest transshipments share in the country also went to fossil fuels, coal was leading in dry cargo by volume and crude oil ranked first in liquid cargo. More than
one third of the air cargo volume in Russia was comprised of international shipments. Air Bridge Cargo airlines, which is the part of Volga-Dnepr Group and the major national cargo airline, was the
leading company by transported freight volume in 2021.
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