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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Rail passenger transport (million passenger-kilometres), 2004 to 2025
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2025 6,848 million passenger-km 38,274 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2024 5,447 million passenger-km 38,038 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2023 4,829 million passenger-km 34,632 million passenger-km 429,575 million passenger-km
2022 4,419 million passenger-km 27,489 million passenger-km 386,741 million passenger-km
2021 2,912 million passenger-km 17,002 million passenger-km 256,210 million passenger-km
2020 2,563 million passenger-km 12,060 million passenger-km 221,836 million passenger-km
2019 5,055 million passenger-km 28,847 million passenger-km 412,202 million passenger-km
2018 4,570 million passenger-km 28,420 million passenger-km 399,024 million passenger-km
2017 4,516 million passenger-km 27,490 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2016 4,266 million passenger-km 26,646 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2015 3,957 million passenger-km 26,108 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2014 3,852 million passenger-km 25,034 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2013 3,649 million passenger-km 23,755 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2012 3,803 million passenger-km 22,446 million passenger-km –
2011 4,237 million passenger-km 22,931 million passenger-km 363,380 million passenger-km
2010 4,111 million passenger-km 22,343 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2009 4,213 million passenger-km 23,055 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2008 4,213 million passenger-km 23,453 million passenger-km not availablec (confidential)
2007 3,987 million passenger-km 21,362 million passenger-km 346,565 million passenger-km
2006 3,876 million passenger-km 21,620 million passenger-km 342,179 million passenger-km
2005 3,809 million passenger-km 21,151 million passenger-km –
2004 3,752 million passenger-km 20,328 million passenger-km –

Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
rail_pa_total · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=MIO_PKM
Observation period
2004 to 2025
Provider update
29 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat