Germany rail transport and market shares
Germany's annual rail transport performance, fleet size and competitor market shares.
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| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating performance1 | ||||||||||||
| Total3 | 1,125 | 1,127 | 1,152 | 1,164 | 1,143 | 1,098 | 1,122 | |||||
| Regional passenger rail | 718 | 708 | 724 | 721 | 721 | 705 | 708 | |||||
| Long-distance passenger rail | 168 | 168 | 164 | 165 | 150 | 143 | 148 | |||||
| Rail freight | 238 | 251 | 264 | 278 | 272 | 249 | 266 | |||||
| Transport performance3 | ||||||||||||
| Regional passenger rail | 65 | 65 | 59 | 53 | 33 | 35 | 58 | |||||
| Long-distance passenger rail | 49 | 47 | 48 | 43 | 26 | 24 | 45 | |||||
| Rail freight | 127 | 134 | 137 | 150 | 149 | 131 | 138 | |||||
| Average load3 | ||||||||||||
| Regional passengers per train | 90 | 92 | 81 | 73 | 45 | 50 | 82 | |||||
| Long-distance passengers per train | 291 | 282 | 293 | 261 | 171 | 167 | 307 | |||||
| Freight per train | 556 | 551 | 542 | 558 | 573 | 518 | 546 | |||||
| Competitor market shares6 | ||||||||||||
| Rail freight — competitors | 67 | 60 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 51 | 50 | |||||
| Rail freight — federally owned operators | 33 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 50 | |||||
| Long-distance passenger — competitors | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Long-distance passenger — federally owned operators | 92 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 96 | |||||
| Regional passenger — competitors | 37 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 28 | |||||
| Regional passenger — federally owned operators | 63 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 72 | |||||
| Vehicle fleet5 | ||||||||||||
| Operational vehicles | 18,350 | |||||||||||
| Operational vehicles with train control | 17,350 | |||||||||||
| German holders — electric | 7,410 | |||||||||||
| German holders — diesel | 4,650 | |||||||||||
| German holders — other | 1,890 | |||||||||||
| ETCS on-board equipment8 | ||||||||||||
| German holders — without ETCS | 12,090 | |||||||||||
| German holders — ETCS system version 1.0 | 870 | |||||||||||
| German holders — ETCS system version 2.0 | 850 | |||||||||||
| German holders — ETCS system version 2.1 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Foreign holders — without ETCS | 1,600 | |||||||||||
| Foreign holders — ETCS system version 1.0 | 1,040 | |||||||||||
| Foreign holders — ETCS system version 2.0 | 560 | |||||||||||
| Foreign holders — ETCS system version 2.1 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Local public transport passengers (VDV)1 | ||||||||||||
| Public transport passenger journeys | 9,860 | 9,784 | 9,406 | 8,783 | 6,756 | 7,106 | 10,434 | 10,382 | 10,320 | 10,180 | 10,004 |
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The series on this page is annual and runs from 2019 to 2025. Source: Bundesnetzagentur.
About this data
Germany's annual rail transport performance, fleet size and competitor market shares. The table covers regional passenger, long-distance passenger and rail freight transport, comparing competitors against federally owned operators. It includes operating performance, average train load, and vehicle fleet data such as electric and diesel trains with ETCS equipment. The Bundesnetzagentur and VDV provide these annual series since 2015.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the latest figure for Germany rail transport and market shares?
- Total stood at 1,125 million train-path km in 2025. That is −0.2% from 2024.
- How far back does the Germany rail transport and market shares data go?
- The series on this page is annual and runs from 2019 to 2025. Source: Bundesnetzagentur. Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
- What does the Germany rail transport data measure?
- The figures track the operating and transport performance of the German rail network, including train-path kilometres, passenger-kilometres and tonne-kilometres. They measure regional passenger, long-distance passenger, and rail freight services.
- How are German railway market shares broken down?
- The data from the Bundesnetzagentur breaks down the rail market by comparing the shares of competitors against those of federally owned operators. This comparison is provided for freight, regional and long-distance passenger transport in Germany.
- Does the dataset include information on the German train fleet?
- Yes, it tracks the number of operational vehicles held by German and foreign operators, broken down by traction types such as electric and diesel. It also details the rollout of ETCS on-board equipment across system versions 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1.