Transport, Slovenia, February, March 2020

In March 2020 buses in public transport carried only half as many passengers as in March 2019
In February 2020, 2.3 million passengers were carried by buses in public scheduled transport (interurban and international), 3% more than in February 2019. 41.3 million passenger-kilometres were made by buses in February 2020, 1% fewer than in February 2019. In March 2020, 1.4 million passengers were carried by buses in public scheduled transport (interurban and international), 52% fewer than in March 2019. 24.2 million passenger-kilometres were made by buses in March 2020, 57% fewer than in March 2019.
In the 1^st quarter of 2020 6.6 million passengers were carried by buses in public scheduled transport, 17% fewer than In the 1^st quarter of 2019. 116 million passenger-kilometres were made by buses In the 1^st quarter of 2020, 24% fewer than in the 1^st quarter of 2019.
Buses in urban scheduled public transport carried more than 4.9 million passengers in February 2020, 3% more than in February 2019. In March 2020 they carried more than 2.3 million passengers, 60% fewer than in March 2019.
In the 1^st quarter of 2020 22% fewer passengers were carried in urban scheduled public transport than in the 1^st quarter of 2019.

In airport traffic 25% fewer passengers than in February 2019 and 73% fewer than in March 2019
In February 2020, about 79,800 passengers travelled through Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, 25% fewer than in February 2019. In March 2020, about 36,100 passengers travelled through Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, 73% fewer than in March 2019.
In the 1^st quarter of 2020 about 191,300 passengers travelled through Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, 44% fewer than in the 1^st quarter of 2019.

About as many goods were handled in the port of Koper in February and March 2020 as in the same period last year
33 passengers were recorded in the Slovenian ports in February and March 2020. In the same months in 2019 there were almost 1,000 passengers.
In the Port of Koper 1.8 million tonnes of goods were handled in February 2020 and 1.7 million tonnes in March 2020. In total, about as many goods were handled in February and March 2020 as in the same two months last year.

Compared to March 2019, the number of passenger cars registered for the first time down by 60%
In February 2020, about 10,400 road motor vehicles were registered for the first time in Slovenia, 7% fewer than in February 2019. In March 2020, 5,500 road motor vehicles were registered for the first time in Slovenia, 61% fewer than in March 2019.
In February 2020, about 8,400 passenger cars were registered for the first time in Slovenia, about 5,500 of them were new. In March 2020, about 4,200 passenger cars were registered for the first time in Slovenia, about 2,700 of them were new. Compared to March 2019, the number of passenger cars registered for the first time decreased by 60%.

Enforcement of Government ordinances in mid-March 2020 to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic had an important impact on transport
In bus passenger transport, port and airport passenger traffic in March 2020, the reason for the decline in traffic can be largely attributed to the adoption of the Ordinance on the Temporary Prohibition and Restrictions on Public Passenger Transport in the Republic of Slovenia, which entered into force on 16 March 2020 as a measure to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic. The drop in registrations was the result of two other ordinances: the Ordinance on the Provisional Prohibition on the Offering and Sale of Goods and Services to Consumers in the Republic of Slovenia, which also entered into force on 16 March 2020 and limited the activities of specialised stores selling motor vehicles, and the Ordinance on Temporary Suspension of Technical Inspection of Vehicles and Other Procedures Relating to Car Licence and Tachograph Workshop Activities, which entered into force on 17 March 2020.

In the 4^th quarter of 2019, 3% more passengers carried by rail and 9% more passenger-kilometres performed than in the same period of 2018
In the 4^th quarter of 2019 almost 3.7 million passengers were carried by Slovene trains, i.e. 3% more than in the 4^th quarter of 2018. 174 million passenger-kilometres were performed, i.e. 9% more than in the 4^th quarter of 2018.
In the 4^th quarter of 2019, 5,3 million tonnes of goods were carried by rail and 1.3 billion tonne-kilometres were performed, which is a 5% decrease in carried goods and a 7% decrease in tonne-kilometres compared to the 4^th quarter of 2018.

In the 4^th quarter of 2019, 8% more tonne-kilometres performed by road than in the same period of 2018
From October to December 2019 road goods motor vehicles registered in Slovenia carried 24.5 million tonnes of goods and performed 6.3 billion tonne-kilometres, which is a 12% increase in goods carried and a 8% increase in tonne-kilometres compared to the 4^th quarter of 2018.


More detailed data are available in the SiStat Database.