Odessa, 29 JULY 2016, CONTEXT-Prichernomorie -- Since the beginning of the year, more than 2 million passengers used the services of Odessa railway, the correspondent of IA «Context-Prichernomorie» reports.

It was reported to the agency today, July 29, in the press center of the regional branch of «Odessa railway».

The passenger service of the regional branch «Odessa Railway» of JSC UZ summed up the first half of this year. The total number of issued passengers travel documents in long-distance communication (direct and local) for 6 months of 2016 amounted to 2 million 137 thousand. This is 168.5 thousand more than in the same period last year.

According to the report, during this period, from the sale of travel documents, the branch received more than 305.1 million UAH against 288.7 million UAH for 6 months of 2015.

At the same time, 697.9 million UAH was spent by Odessa railway in the first half of this year on the organization of passenger transport.