国际铁路联盟(UIC)根据各成员国铁路提供的月度统计数字,公布了2008年度世界铁路运量统计数字。统计结果表明,2008年度世界各国铁路客运量与2007年度相比普遍呈增长趋势,而货运量侧有增有减。关于客运量:——欧洲(不包括独联体国家)比2007年度增长3.9%,达到4180亿人-km;——俄 The International Union of Railways (UIC) published the world’s railway traffic statistics for 2008 on the basis of monthly statistics provided by member states’ railways. The statistical results show that in 2008, the passenger volume of all countries in the world is generally increasing compared with that of 2007, while the volume of freight traffic has been increasing or decreasing. Regarding passenger traffic: - Europe (excluding CIS countries) grew 3.9% from 2007 to 418 billion person-km; - Russia