Rail passenger transport in Netherlands
Rail passengers in Netherlands travelled 17,729 million passenger-km in 2025.
Netherlands, 2025
17,729
Change from 2024
+1.0%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
7th of 32
Rail passenger transport in Netherlands over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17,729 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 17,552 million passenger-kmb (break in time series) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 19,195 million passenger-km | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 17,105 million passenger-km | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 10,852 million passenger-km | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 9,164 million passenger-km | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 19,353 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 18,895 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 18,438 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 18,531 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 18,338 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | not availablec (confidential) | – |
| 2011 | not availablec (confidential) | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | not availablec (confidential) | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 16,325 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 15,889 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 15,153 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 14,509 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0% from 17,552 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18,338 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by −3.3%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 7th highest value.
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