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408 Domestic passenger transport1, 2, by mode of transport
Mode of transport 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012
  Passengers. Million
Total 3 385 3 725 3 805 4 356 4 642 5 047 5 159 5 235
                 
Water transport, total 52 54 44 46 48 49 51 52
Ferry transport 45 47 36 38 39 40 42 43
Other regular service 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
Railway transport etc., total  119  115  130  158  149  183  195  199
Norwegian State Railways 34 34 40 50 47 51 51 52
Other railways - - - 5 5 7 8 8
Private railways 85 81 90  103 97  125  137  139
Road transport, total 3 209 3 549 3 623 4 141 4 435 4 805 4 902 4 973
Scheduled road transport  289  278  286  320  327  314  322  333
Taxis 62 70 71 73 68 53 55 54
Rental cars 26 19 35  106 74 83 93  103
Private cars3 2 753 3 094 3 141 3 504 3 825 4 194 4 267 4 316
Motor cycles, mopeds 79 88 90  138  141  161  165  168
Air transport 5 7 8 10 10 11 11 11
                 
  Passenger-kilometres. Million
Total 47 656 53 881 56 132 64 970 67 693 73 128 74 411 75 277
                 
Water transport, total  643  694  678  845  840  853  867  850
Ferry transport  323  322  252  297  299  338  347  350
Other regular service  320  372  426  547  541  515  520  500
Railway transport etc., total 2 567 2 430 2 681 3 353 3 203 3 683 3 644 3 783
Norwegian State Railways 2 112 2 011 2 300 2 634 2 433 2 666 2 641 2 736
Other railways - - -  223  252  397  371  386
Private railways  455  419  381  496  518  620  631  660
Road transport, total 42 299 48 092 49 206 56 358 59 509 64 029 65 105 65 934
Scheduled road transport4 3 948 3 890 3 752 4 141 4 312 3 887 3 798 3 789
Taxis  461  523  566  583  556  545  532  516
Rental cars  377  278  505 1 535 1 071 1 199 1 342 1 487
Private cars3 36 884 42 696 43 659 49 055 52 400 57 034 58 029 58 701
Motor cycles, mopeds  629  705  724 1 044 1 170 1 364 1 404 1 442
Air transport 2 147 2 665 3 567 4 415 4 142 4 563 4 795 4 710
                 
  Relative figures 1965=100              
Passengers, total  257  283  289  331  353  384  392  398
Passenger kilometres, total  274  310  323  374  389  421  428  433
1  Only includes passengers who are entering and leaving means of transport in Norway.
2  Some of the figures are revised compared to the previous release.
3  Drivers are included in the calculations.
4  The data source for scheduled road transport (buses and coaches) has been changed as from 2010. This cause a brake in the time series.
Source: Institute of Transport Economics and Domestic transport performances, Statistics Norway.
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