Bulgaria ranked among the European Union countries with the lowest number of rail journeys per capita in 2024, according to Eurostat data, released on Thursday. Only 3.3 train trips per person were recorded in Bulgaria, with lower figures reported only in Greece at 1.4 and Lithuania at 1.8 journeys per person.
The data also show that passenger rail transport activity in Bulgaria reached 1.5 billion passenger-kilometres in 2024, representing a 6% decline compared to 2023.
Across the European Union as a whole, 8.7 billion rail journeys were made in 2024, while the total transport volume reached 444.5 billion passenger-kilometres.
Measured by population, Luxembourg recorded the highest number of rail journeys per capita, with 46.2 trips per person. It was followed by Austria with 35.6 and Germany with 35.2 journeys per person.
The largest overall volume of rail passenger transport was recorded in Germany and France, at 109.1 billion and 107.3 billion passenger-kilometres respectively. Italy ranked third with 55.9 billion passenger-kilometres.
At the other end of the ranking, six EU member states recorded fewer than 1 billion passenger-kilometres in 2024. These were Lithuania and Estonia with 0.4 billion each, Luxembourg with 0.6 billion, Latvia and Greece with 0.7 billion each, and Slovenia with 0.9 billion passenger-kilometres.
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