Rail passenger transport in Switzerland
Rail passengers in Switzerland travelled 23,522 million passenger-km in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2008.
Switzerland, 2025
23,522
Change from 2024
+3.2%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
6th of 32
Rail passenger transport in Switzerland over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23,522 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 22,796 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 22,093 million passenger-km | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 19,201 million passenger-km | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 14,223 million passenger-km | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 13,261 million passenger-km | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 21,559 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 20,451 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 20,707 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 20,657 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 20,228 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 19,934 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 19,368 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 19,180 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 19,387 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 19,093 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 18,497 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 17,699 million passenger-km | 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 +3.2% from 22,796 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20,228 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +16.3%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 6th highest value.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Car share of passenger transport
72.0%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Car ownership
543p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.8 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
66.2%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
22.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank