BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. A total of 12.5 million tons of cargo and 7.157 million passengers were transported by Azerbaijan's railways over the period from January through September 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the country's State Statistics Committee indicates that compared to the same period in 2024, there was a 10.7 percent decrease in freight traffic and a 19.5 percent increase in passenger traffic.
The volumes of cargo and passenger traffic from January through September 2025 increased by 2.5 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively, compared to the same period last year. Transport sector entities transported 177.7 million tons of cargo. 3.9 percent of cargo was transported by sea, 7 percent by rail, 0.2 percent by air, 61.3 percent by road, and 27.6 percent by pipeline.
