Rail passenger transport in European Union
Rail passengers in the European Union travelled 429,575 million passenger-km in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2023
429,575
Change from 2022
+11.1%
Rail passenger transport in European Union over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2011 | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 342,179 million passenger-km |
Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +11.1% from 386,741 million passenger-km in 2022.
- Since 2006, when it was 342,179 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +25.5%.
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