Railway passenger transport decreased slightly at the beginning of 2009.

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Author: Anna BIAŁAS-MOTYL

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S t a t i s t i c s i n F o c u s
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Railway passenger transport decreased slightly
at the beginning of 2009
After a period of sustained growth, rail transport 3.1% observed at EU level over the period 2004-
performance in passenger-kilometres started to be 2008.
affected by the economic crisis at the beginning of
2009. Rail passenger transport nevertheless During the first quarter of 2009, the number of
remained less affected than rail freight transport lpoassss eonf g1e.r5-%ki lcoommeptraerse ds ttaor ttehde t so admeec rqeuaasret, erw iitnh 2a0 08.
(see Eurostat's dissemination database
rail_go_typeallandrail_go_quartal). After a period of stability, passenger use of railway
transport changed slightly during the second
In 2008, 405 billion passenger-kilometres* were
registered in the European Union (excluding quarter of 2h008. The average length of passenger
Bulgaria), a 4.2% growth compared to 2007. This trip, which ad stayed very constant between 200r5
was higher than the average annual growth of oafn d2 020070 t7o, dthroe pspaemd e bqy u2ar%te frr ion m2 t0h0e8 s(e5c3o.n3d quarte
kilometres in 2008 against 54.2 in 2007).
Graph 1: Quarterly evolution of the number of passenger-kilometres and the passenger trip
average length (in kilometres) in the European Union between 2005 and 2009*
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


* The publication is based on detailed reporting data only; see methodological notes for details. Data from Bulgaria not included until 2008 due to
confidentiality issues.
Source: Eurostatrail_pa quartal)
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Passenger transport performance decreased at the beginning of 2009
The development of passenger transportGraph 2: National disparities in the evolution of
performance (expressed in passenger-kilometres)r lia2/00 8velotuoisn7 00/2060720d anauq emas02( retrbetwort the een neegapssnaps rrt
varies from country to country, and different,
patterns apply at EU level over the periodbased on passenger-kilometre figures)
considered (Graph 2). Although quarterly transport
performance in the EU was higher throughout 2008Q 1 06- 07
than in 2007, huge contrasts appear when focusing EE -25LT EU
on the development at country level.
Focusing on growth in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, IEQ 2 06- 07 EU -25 H U
Hungary and Greece each recorded the largest
decrease among the Member States for three of theQ 3 06- 07
eight quarters considered. For Hungary this can RH U EU -25 F
mainly be explained by a decision taken by
Hungary in March 2007 as part of a broaderQ 4 06- 07
economic restriction package to suspend theLV EU EL -25
service on 14 regional lines (representing a total
length of 474 kilometres). ES EU -25Q 1 07- 08 EL
Concerning Greece, comparing the first, third and
fourth quarters in 2008 with the corresponding
quarters in 2007 shows that this country recorded AT -25 EU U HQ 2 07- 08
the largest decrease (-8.0% for the first quarter,
-20.7% for the third quarter and -19.8% for theQ 3 07- 08
fourth quarter).EL EU -25 ES
In contrast, Spain registered three of the four
largest quarterly growths between 2007 and 2008,Q 4 07- 08 EU EL ES -25
with the extension of the high-speed service from
Madrid to Barcelona in 2008 being responsible for -20% -15% -10% -5%- 25% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
most of this significant increase.Source: Eurostatrail_pa_quartal)
The impressive growth observed for Ireland during of the principal and longest routes in the country)
the second quarter of 2007 is due to the increased and the modernisation of the fleet operating this
frequency of service on the Cork-Dublin line (one route.
Graph 3: Rail passenger transport in 2008*Passenger transport performance is especially
(in billion passenger-kilometres)concentrated within a limited number of EU
FRcountries (France, Germany, the United Kingdom
DE
UKand Italy - see Graph 3). Meanwhile, considering
IT
EStransport performance in relation to the total length
PL

CHof the railway network drastically modifies the top
NLcountries: the Netherlands is by far the country
SE
BEwith the highest transport performance per
AT
HUkilometre of railway lines (with 5.7 million
ROpassenger-kilometres per kilometre of line), ahead
CZof the United Kingdom (3.3) and Belgium (3.1).
DK
TR
PTA large majority of the reporting countries recorded

FI
NOincreases in rail passenger performance between
SK2007 and 2008. Within the top-10 Member States
IE
HRin terms of number of passenger-kilometres, only
ELItaly registered a decrease between 2007 and 2008
LV
SI(-0.5%).
LU
EEr was the busiest at EU

LTIn 2008, the third quarte
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90level in terms of passenger performance (see

BG: data under confidentiality clause.Table 1). This has to be seen in connection with the
*Annual figures based on the sum of the quarterly datasummer holiday period, particularly in countries
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Source: Eurostatrail pa_quartal) with high railway transport volumes.
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Graph 4: Growth* in rail transport by country (based on passenger-kilometres), 2007 to 2008
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EU-25 average

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Source: Eurosta_pa_quartal)
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However, on examining the individual country Member States for which this information is
profiles, it should be noted that the peak quarter is available). The strongest declines were registered
different for most of the Member States. For 9 in Romania (-12%) and in Ireland (-11%).
countries, the peak quarter is actually the fourth Regarding the Candidate countries, Croatia
quarter, and for 5 Member States, it is the second recorded a 1.3% growth between the first quarters
quarter. of 2008 and 2009 respectively while Turkey
Focusing on annual changes, the impact of the registered a decline of 4.5% over the same period.
economic crisis is clearly reflected in the figures Among EFTA countries, Switzerland recorded a
available for the beginning of 2009, with 16 constant increase in passenger transport while
Member States showing a reduction in the number Norway registered declines for each of the three
of passenger-kilometres between the first quarter of first quarters of 2009.
2008 and the same quarter of 2009 (out of the 22
Table 1: Quarterly rail passenger transport in 2008 and 2009 (in million passenger-kilometres)

2008

2009

quarter quarter quarter quarter Annual quarter quarter quarter
Belgium 2 542 2 647 2 481 2 73110 401 2 452 2 6822 592
Bulgaria c c c cc494 550 586
Czech Republic 1 557 1 734 1 701 1 8116 803 697 1 6371 547 1
Denmark 1 428 1 521 1 547 1 5966 091 1 509 527 11 400
Germany 18 983 20 198 21 480 21 10181 762 1919 398 919 :
Estonia 63 71 74 6627459 63 65
Ireland 441 607 476 4511 976391 517 :
Greece 407 437 425 3881 657: : :
Spain 5 411 6 018 5 984 5 92423 337 763 5 950 55 354
France 20 352 22 084 22 343 21 73786 516 282 2120 019 22 971
Italy 11 090 11 848 11 672 11 15745 767 1110 641 : 766
Cyprus - - - --- - -
Latvia 207 240 272 222941191 198 194
Lithuania 52 60 82 6425853 57 :
Luxembourg 88 90 77 90345 :91 84
Hungary 1 906 2 109 2 167 2 1028 284 024 : 21 870
Malta - - - --- - -
Netherlands 3 846 4 186 3 932 4 37916 342 152 4 0073 815 4
Austria 2 378 2 592 2 552 2 63810 159 2 433 635 22 336
Poland 4 508 4 956 5 631 4 56319 657 170 645 54 177 4
Portugal 1 003 1 062 1 108 1 0394 212 058983 1 086 1
Romania 1 531 1 715 2 065 1 5666 8771 344 1 532 1 769
Slovenia 189 194 194 188765194 191 190
Slovakia 537 574 585 6012 296517 577 569
Finland 1 024 958 1 021 1 0504 054973 931 978
Sweden 2 668 2 782 2 673 2 89411 017 609 22 679 2 702
United Kingdom 12 787 13 398 13 407 13 08352 675: : :
EU-25 93 466 100 365 101 884 99 875 395 59092 500: :
: : : : :94 338: :
EU-27
Croatia 428 448 435 4581 769433 454 414
Turkey 1 269 1 340 1 287 1 2015 097 384 1 384 11 211
Norway 718 731 803 7793 031705 716 739
Switzerland 3 952 4 169 4 231 4 27816 631 454 44 296 4 310

Detailed reporting only, see methodological notes for details. Estimates in italics.
Source: Eurostatra