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Passenger growth on rails
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2015-06-09T10:00:00.000Z
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Increased passenger transport on rails. Shorter fares. Reduction outside city areas.

Public transport, 2014

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Passenger growth on rails

The number of passengers using public transport showed an increase of 2.2 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013. Two out of three new journeys were on rails.

Vehicle/boat/train kilometres, passengers and ticket revenues, by mode of transportationPublished 9 June 2015
2014Change in per cent
2013 - 20142009 - 2014
Vehicle/boat/train kms (1 000 km)
All modes of transportation420 606-1.15.0
Bus (Scheduled road transport)362 837-1.23.7
Boat6 532-8.16.3
On rails (Railroad)51 2361.114.8
Passenger (1 000 passengers)
All modes of transportation572 8722.218.4
Bus (Scheduled road transport)343 6571.214.6
Boat10 0370.418.1
On rails (Railroad)219 1783.825.0
Ticket revenues (NOK 1 000 )
All modes of transportation11 457 4965.526.1
Bus (Scheduled road transport)4 950 1103.716.1
Boat507 610-3.25.2
On rails (Railroad)5 999 7767.938.3

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Public transport. Number of passengers

The 3.1 million new train boardings correspond to a growth of 4.6 per cent from 2013 to 2014, while 4.9 million new passengers by light rail, tram and underground constituted a growth of 3.4 per cent. There were also 4.1 million more passengers by bus, with a growth of just 1.2 per cent.

Public means of transport travelled 4.6 million kilometres less in 2014 than in 2013; a fall of 1.1 per cent. A shift in use from buses and boats to rails, where there are significantly more seats, gave us 123 million seat kilometres more..

Reduction outside city areas

Scheduled buses are the heart of public transport in the district areas. The clear trend is a reduction in both offer and use in these areas. This is in contrast to the city areas where most components show growth.

Express buses also saw a continued reduction from 2013 to 2014, but here the mean journey was extended so that the overall transport performance increased by 1.3 per cent.