In 2020, 19 percent of respondents globally reported that their use of trains for intercity travel had increased since arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, 31 percent of respondents declared that their use of airplanes for intercity travel had decreased in the same period.
Change in intercity train travel since arrival of COVID-19 by selected country in 2020
* Waves represent the different number of phases in which respondents were conducting the surveys.
Question 1: After you return to next normal, how do you think travelling between cities will change compared to before the COVID-19 outbreak?
Question 2: Consumers that have not used this mode of transportation before the COVID-19 outbreak excluded of scope of country
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McKinsey & Company. (September 22, 2020). Change in intercity train travel since arrival of COVID-19 by selected country in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231787/change-in-intercity-train-travel-since-arrival-of-covid-by-country/
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