| 5.1.2. Passenger transport by rail | ||||||
| 1995 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Total number of carried passengers (in thous.) | 227 147 | 177 046 | 184 735 | 190 748 | 177 232 | 174 179 |
| by type of transport | ||||||
| national transport | 225 645 | 174 424 | 181 965 | 187 857 | 174 797 | 172 419 |
| of which: IDS | 4 543 | 8 606 | 10 687 | 16 592 | 19 725 | 20 977 |
| international transport1) | 1 502 | 2 622 | 2 769 | 2 891 | 2 435 | 1 760 |
| by class of car | ||||||
| 1st class | 307 | 340 | 610 | 513 | 552 | 540 |
| 2nd class | 226 840 | 176 706 | 184 125 | 190 235 | 176 680 | 173 639 |
| Total passenger transport performance (mill. passengers-km) | 8 005 | 6 954 | 7 300 | 7 299 | 6 597 | 6 518 |
| by type of transport | ||||||
| national transport | 7 602 | 6 364 | 6 681 | 6 683 | 6 072 | 6 145 |
| of which: IDS | 56 | 197 | 208 | 225 | 304 | 327 |
| international transport1) | 403 | 590 | 618 | 616 | 524 | 373 |
| by class of car | ||||||
| 1st class | 80 | 86 | 109 | 97 | 70 | 72 |
| 2nd class | 7 925 | 6 868 | 7 191 | 7 201 | 6 527 | 6 446 |
| Seat-kilometres offered (in mill.) | * | 26 598 | 22 506 | 26 905 | 26 886 | 27 542 |
| Use of seat-kilometres offered (%) | * | 26,14 | 32,43 | 27,13 | 24,54 | 23,66 |
| 1) Inl the year 1995 departures from CR only | Source : MD's transport statistics | |||||