Rail passenger transport in Ireland
Rail passengers in Ireland travelled 2,812 million passenger-km in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.
Ireland, 2025
2,812
Change from 2024
+13.1%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
20th of 32
Rail passenger transport in Ireland over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,812 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 2,486 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 2,235 million passenger-km | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 1,748 million passenger-km | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 870 million passenger-km | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 834 million passenger-km | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 2,399 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 2,281 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 2,122 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 1,991 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 1,918 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 1,728 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 1,569 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 1,578 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 1,638 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 1,678 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 1,683 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 1,976 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 2,007 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 1,872 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 1,781 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 1,582 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +13.1% from 2,486 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,918 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +46.6%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 20th highest value.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Car share of passenger transport
77.9%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Car ownership
475i (Source flag i) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.2 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
99.4%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
18.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.1 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank