Published: 30 September 2020
Number of trips by train in passenger traffic decreased to under one half in the second quarter of 2020
In the second quarter of 2020, a total of 10.8 million trips in passenger traffic were travelled on Finnish railways, which is 52 per cent fewer than in the corresponding quarter of last year. The number of passenger kilometres in train traffic totalled 359 million. Passenger kilometres went down by 70 per cent from the corresponding quarter of the year before. Passenger kilometres indicate that the number of trips decreased more in long-distance transport than in local transport.
Number of trips by rail in passenger traffic by quarter in 2016 to 2020
In January to June 2020, a total of 29.5 million trips were made in passenger traffic, which was 34 per cent fewer than one year earlier. In January to June 2020, the number of passenger-kilometres in train traffic totalled 1,457 million kilometres, which was 39 per cent lower than one year before.
A total of 9.9 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in Finland during the second quarter of 2020. The transport volume of goods transported by rail totalled 2.6 billion tonne-kilometres.
The performances of freight transport by rail starting from 2020 are not fully comparable with the data of earlier years due to changes made to the statistics.
Source: Transport and Tourism, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Sami Lahtinen 029 551 3207, Matti Kokkonen 029 551 3770, Nico Maunula 029 551 3526, sami.lahtinen@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala
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Updated 30.09.20020
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Railway Statistics [e-publication].
ISSN=2670-3351. 2nd quarter 2020. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.4.2024].
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