Rail passenger transport in Germany
Rail passengers in Germany travelled 111,764 million passenger-km in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.
Germany, 2025
111,764
Change from 2024
+2.4%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
1st of 32
Rail passenger transport in Germany over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111,764 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 109,135 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 101,408 million passenger-km | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 92,313 million passenger-km | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 57,518 million passenger-km | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 57,787 million passenger-km | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 100,252 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 98,161 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 95,529 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 95,465 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 91,050 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 90,978 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 89,450 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 93,918 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 89,316 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 82,837 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 81,206 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 82,428 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 79,098 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 78,735 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 74,944 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 75,903 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.4% from 109,135 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 91,050 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +22.8%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Germany has the highest value.
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New zero-emission cars
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