Leading railway stations in Europe 2022, based on passenger experience

In 2022, half 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 Zürich, Switzerland with an index score of 93, where 108 points would be the maximum score. During the same year, the Gare de Lyon in Paris, France ranked third with 81 points.

Rail passenger traffic in Europe

In 2020, passengers traveled around 378 billion passenger kilometers on railways in Europe. During the same year, the Western European country with the highest rail passenger traffic was Germany, with almost 60 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 2020, one Swiss inhabitant traveled on average more than 1,500 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 56,000 passenger kilometers in 2020, and it was followed by the German rail company Deutsche Bahn, with a passenger traffic of around 47,500 passenger kilometers during the same year.