{"version":"1","article":{"id":"ab-yolcu-tasimaciligi-tren-otobus-payi-2024","slug":"trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share?lang=en","title":"Trains overtake buses in EU passenger transport share","summary":"The 2024 figures measure passenger-kilometres rather than passenger counts.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-02T13:47:35+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-02T13:47:35+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-18","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/edn-20260918-1","checkedAt":"2026-10-02"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/trains-overtake-buses-in-eu-passenger-transport-share?lang=en"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Cars accounted for 69.2% of EU passenger-kilometres in 2024 and aircraft for 15.8%, Eurostat reported. Trains reached 7.5%, overtaking buses, coaches and trolleybuses at 7.3%.","The train share rose 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. The indicator combines passengers and distance travelled; the shares do not represent unique passenger counts or transport company revenues."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The 2024 figures measure passenger-kilometres rather than passenger counts.\n\nCars accounted for 69.2% of EU passenger-kilometres in 2024 and aircraft for 15.8%, Eurostat reported. Trains reached 7.5%, overtaking buses, coaches and trolleybuses at 7.3%.\n\nThe train share rose 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. The indicator combines passengers and distance travelled; the shares do not represent unique passenger counts or transport company revenues.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}