This statistic depicts the global rail passenger performance in 2005 and 2015 and gives a forecast of the market development in 2025. In 2015, passengers travelled over 3.7 trillion passenger kilometers worldwide and this value is expected to reach over 5.1 trillion passenger kilometers by 2025.
Global rail passenger traffic from 2005 to 2025
(in billion passenger kilometers)
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SCI Verkehr. (March 8, 2017). Global rail passenger traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/739313/global-passenger-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr. "Global rail passenger traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion passenger kilometers)." Chart. March 8, 2017. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/739313/global-passenger-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr. (2017). Global rail passenger traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion passenger kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/739313/global-passenger-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr. "Global Rail Passenger Traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in Billion Passenger Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/739313/global-passenger-transport-performance/
SCI Verkehr, Global rail passenger traffic from 2005 to 2025 (in billion passenger kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/739313/global-passenger-transport-performance/ (last visited September 26, 2020)
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