EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
05/14/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/14/2026 03:03
EU rail passengers made 8.7 billion trips in 2024
In 2024, people in the EU took 8.7 billion rail trips, amounting to a total of 444.5 billion passenger-kilometres (pkm).
Germany and France were the largest overall contributors to rail passenger transport performance, with 109.1 and 107.3 billion passenger-kilometres, respectively. Italy came next with 55.9 billion passenger-kilometres.
In contrast, 6 EU countries recorded less than 1 billion passenger-kilometres in 2024: Lithuania and Estonia (0.4 pkm each), Luxembourg (0.6 pkm), Latvia and Greece (0.7 pkm each) and Slovenia (0.9 pkm).
Source dataset: rail_pa_typepas
Relative to population, the highest ratio of passengers per capita in the EU countries was recorded in Luxembourg (46.2), followed by Austria (35.6) and Denmark (35.2). The lowest ratios were recorded in Greece (1.4), Lithuania (1.8) and Bulgaria (3.3).
Source datasets: rail_pa_typepas and demo_pjan
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