Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

1 Domestic passenger transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005-2008
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008
  Million passengers
Total1 1 316 1 847 2 320 2 628 3 385 3 725 3 805 r4356 r4642 r4779 r4912 5 003
Water transport 25 36 44 51 52 54 44 46 48 49 51 51
Ferry transport 17 28 36 43 45 47 36 38 39 40 41 41
Other regular service 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10
Railway transport etc.  137  120  122  132  119  115  130  158  149  156  161  173
Norwegian State Railways 34 29 33 37 34 34 40 50 47 r48 r49 51
Other railways             - 5 5 6 r7 7
Suburban railways and urban tramways  103 91 89 95 85 81 90  103 97  102  104  115
Road transport 1 153 1 690 2 152 2 442 3 209 3 549 3 623 r4141 r4435 r4564 r4690 4 770
Scheduled road transport  308  323  310  332  289  278  286  320  327  329  338  337
Taxis 252 253 259 271 62 70 71 73 68 68 r62 57
Taxis etc.         26 19 35  106 74 75 79 79
Private cars3  693 1 227 1 708 1 976 2 753 3 094 3 141 r3504 r3825 r3948 r4064 4 145
Motorcycles, mopeds  100 87 75 63 79 88 90 r138 r141 r144 r147  152
Air transport 1 1 2 3 5 7 8 10 10 10 10 10
  Million passenger kilometres
Total1 17 384 25 824 35 305 40 705 47 656 53 881 56 132 r64970 r67693 r68841 r70867 72 380
Water transport  572  631  660  660  643  694  678  845  840  850  856  865
Ferry transport  116  195  275  321  323  322  252  297  299  309  318  335
Other regular service  456  436  385  339  320  372  426  547  541  541  539  530
Railway transport etc. 2 020 1 930 2 271 2 751 2 567 2 430 2 681 3 353 3 203 r3300 r3445 3 631
Norwegian State Railways 1 629 1 498 1 827 2 250 2 112 2 011 2 300 2 634 2 433 r2464 r2567 2 705
Other railways - - - - - - -  223  252 r329 r343  354
Suburban railways and urban tramways  391  432  444  501  455  419  381  496  518  508 r535  572
Road transport 14 512 22 631 31 353 35 819 42 299 48 092 49 206 r56358 r59509 r60397 r62158 63 363
Scheduled road transport 3 263 3 726 3 963 4 257 3 948 3 890 3 752 4 141 4 312 4 258 r4268 4 360
Taxis 2 398 2 429 2 475 2 625  461  523  566  583  556  552 r665  636
Taxis etc.          377  278  505 1 535 1 071 1 084 1 143 1 151
Private cars3 10 053 17 781 26 311 30 436 36 884 42 696 43 659 r49055 r52400 r53302 r54866 55 956
Motorcycles, mopeds  798  695  604  501  629  705  724 r1044 r1170 r1201 r1216 1 260
Air transport  280  632 1 021 1 475 2 147 2 665 3 567 4 415 4 142 4 294 4 408 4 521
  Relativefigures1965=100
Passengers  100  140  176  200  257  283  289 r331 r353 r363 r373  380
Passenger kilometres  100  149  203  234  274  310  323 r374 r389 r396 r408  416
1  Including only passengers who enter as well as leave any means of transport in Norway.
2  Taxis etc. are included in taxis.
3  Drivers are included in the calculations.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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