High-speed rail passenger traffic climbed steadily and consistently between 2010 and 2019 worldwide . Passenger kilometers increased more than four-fold in almost a decade from 245 in 2010 to 1029.4 in 2019. After a decade of constant growthe high-speed rail passenger traffic dropped sharply in 2020, caused primarily by the COVID-19 pandemic, falling further to under 779 billion passenger-kilometers in 2021.
High-speed rail passenger traffic between 2010 and 2021
(in billion passenger-kilometers)
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UIC. (October 1, 2023). High-speed rail passenger traffic between 2010 and 2021 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126311/global-high-speed-rail-passenger-traffic/
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