Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

1 Domestic passenger transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2008-2010
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2009 2010
  Million passengers
Total1 1 316 1 847 2 320 2 628 3 385 3 725 3 805 4 356 4 642 5 003 5 061 5 090
Water transport 25 36 44 51 52 54 44 46 48 51 50 49
Ferry transport 17 28 36 43 45 47 36 38 39 41 41 40
Other regular service 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 9 9 10 9 9
Railway transport etc.  137  120  122  132  119  115  130  158  149  173  175  183
Norwegian State Railways 34 29 33 37 34 34 40 50 47 51 50 51
Other railways             - 5 5 7 7 8
Suburban railways and urban tramways  103 91 89 95 85 81 90  103 97  115  118  125
Road transport 1 153 1 690 2 152 2 442 3 209 3 549 3 623 4 141 4 435 4 770 4 825 4 848
Scheduled road transport  308  323  310  332  289  278  286  320  327  337  346  353
Taxis 252 253 259 271 62 70 71 73 68 57 55 53
Taxis etc.         26 19 35  106 74 79 78 83
Private cars3  693 1 227 1 708 1 976 2 753 3 094 3 141 3 504 3 825 4 145 4 188 4 198
Motorcycles, mopeds  100 87 75 63 79 88 90  138  141  152  157  161
Air transport 1 1 2 3 5 7 8 10 10 10 10 11
  Million passenger kilometres
Total1 17 384 25 824 35 305 40 705 47 656 53 881 56 132 64 970 67 693 72 372 72 914 73 796
Water transport  572  631  660  660  643  694  678  845  840  858  807  837
Ferry transport  116  195  275  321  323  322  252  297  299  335  338  338
Other regular service  456  436  385  339  320  372  426  547  541  523  469  500
Railway transport etc. 2 020 1 930 2 271 2 751 2 567 2 430 2 681 3 353 3 203 3 631 3 601 3 695
Norwegian State Railways 1 629 1 498 1 827 2 250 2 112 2 011 2 300 2 634 2 433 2 705 2 669 2 678
Other railways - - - - - - -  223  252  354  343  397
Suburban railways and urban tramways  391  432  444  501  455  419  381  496  518  572  588  620
Road transport 14 512 22 631 31 353 35 819 42 299 48 092 49 206 56 358 59 509 63 363 64 010 64 701
Scheduled road transport 3 263 3 726 3 963 4 257 3 948 3 890 3 752 4 141 4 312 4 360 4 401 4 506
Taxis 2 398 2 429 2 475 2 625  461  523  566  583  556  636  624  545
Taxis etc.          377  278  505 1 535 1 071 1 151 1 132 1 199
Private cars3 10 053 17 781 26 311 30 436 36 884 42 696 43 659 49 055 52 400 55 956 56 536 57 087
Motorcycles, mopeds  798  695  604  501  629  705  724 1 044 1 170 1 260 1 318 1 364
Air transport  280  632 1 021 1 475 2 147 2 665 3 567 4 415 4 142 4 521 4 496 4 563
  Relative figures 1965=100
Passengers  100  140  176  200  257  283  289  331  353  380  385  387
Passenger kilometres  100  149  203  234  274  310  323  374  389  416  419  424
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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