Germans travelling by train on vacation 2016

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the number of people in Germany who made their last vacation by train from 2012 to 2016. In 2016, 5.31 million travellers took a train to get to their vacation destinations.

Number of people in Germany who made their last vacation trip by train from 2012 to 2016 (in millions)

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Release date

July 2016

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2012 to 2016

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

People who made at least one holiday trip in the last 12 months

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Base information:
Base: German-speaking population aged 14 and over in private households with main place of residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Total sample information:
2012: 27,104 respondents, projection to 70.21 million people
2013: 25,677 respondents, projection to 70.33 million people
2014: 25,363 respondents, projection to 70.53 million people
2015: 25,140 respondents, projection to 69.24 million people
2016: 23,854 respondents, projection to 69.56 million people

Information on the target group "German-speaking people who have made at least one holiday trip in the last 12 months":
2012: projection to 39.81 million people
2013: projection to 40.77 million people
2014: projection to 41.69 million people
2015: projection to 41.60 million people
2016: projection to 42 million people

More information on the methodology can be found here.

This question was asked in the survey in the following wording: "How did you arrive at your vacation? Did you go by train, by car, or a coach, or by plane or charter plane or what else? Vehicle: train."