Leading railway stations in Europe 2021, based on passenger experience

In 2021, three of the ten best railway stations in Europe were located in Germany. Based on passenger experience, the best train station in Europe was the central station of Leipzig, Germany with an index score of 116, where 133 points would be the maximum score. During the same year, the central station in Vienna, Austria ranked second with 108 points.

Rail passenger traffic in Europe

In 2019, passengers traveled around 643 billion passenger kilometers on railways in Europe. During the same year, the European country with the highest rail passenger traffic was Germany, with almost 103 billion passenger kilometers, followed by France and the UK. In terms of passenger kilometers traveled per capita, Switzerland was by far the leader among its European neighbors. In 2019, one Swiss inhabitant traveled on average more than 2,500 kilometers on a train.

Main passenger rail companies in Europe

Based on passenger traffic, the leader of the rail passenger transport in Europe is the SNCF. The French national state-owned company transported more than 94,000 passenger kilometers in 2019, and it was followed by the German rail company Deutsche Bahn, with a passenger traffic of around 88,000 passenger kilometers during the same year.