At just under two-thirds, high-speed rail (HSR) was the most in-demand mode of transportation along various high-speed rail routes in France and Japan in 2018. However, while air travel was the second-most-preferred mode of travel along the routes in Japan, car travel proved the second-most-popular transport mode along the French routes. The graph indicates a strong preference for car travel on both U.S. East Coast routes, with less than ten percent of people traveling by HSR on these journeys.
Modal share on various global high-speed rail routes in 2018, by route
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The source provided no figure for conventional rail demand between Paris and Lyon; this value was deduced by taking into account the sum of all other modes in relation to 100 percent.
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L.E.K. Consulting. (March 4, 2019). Modal share on various global high-speed rail routes in 2018, by route [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132627/high-speed-rail-modal-split/
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L.E.K. Consulting. (2019). Modal share on various global high-speed rail routes in 2018, by route. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132627/high-speed-rail-modal-split/
L.E.K. Consulting. "Modal Share on Various Global High-speed Rail Routes in 2018, by Route." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132627/high-speed-rail-modal-split/
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