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Public transport

The statistics include all scheduled transport by bus, boat, and train. Airplanes, taxis, car ferries, and Hurtigruten are not included. Passenger numbers and ticket revenues are published quarterly, while the annual statistics provide more details.

Updated: 19 June 2025
Next update: 18 September 2025

Selected figures from these statistics

  • Passengers and ticket revenues, by mode of transport
    Passengers and ticket revenues, by mode of transport
    20241st quarter 2025Change in percentage
    2023 - 20241st quarter 2024 - 1st quarter 2025
    Passengers (1 000 passengers)
    All modes of transportation729 224195 6162.35.4
    Bus (Scheduled road transport)442 015121 6290.65.9
    Boat10 5622 068-0.80.8
    Tram and suburban railway194 71450 7855.42.9
    Railway81 93321 1334.79.4
    Ticket revenues (NOK 1 000)
    All modes of transportation16 990 6184 119 5337.36.2
    Bus (Scheduled road transport)6 866 5191 780 1534.28.3
    Boat612 293123 2021.59.5
    Tram and suburban railway2 200 651497 15312.0-9.8
    Railway7 311 1551 719 0259.49.4
    Figures for year 2021 were revised on 31 August 2023.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Key figures, public-founded routes
    Key figures, public-founded routes
    201920202021202220232024
    Utilization of capacity (per cent)342021222324
    Speed (km per hour)272827272728
    Ticket revenues per fare (NOK)11.7710.209.8911.4911.8812.00
    Ticket revenues per passenger kms (NOK per km)1.261.191.161.601.672.00
    Length of fare (km)999777
    Ticket revenues per vehicle kms (NOK per km)14.808.668.7712.6214.2015.00
    Subsidies per passenger (NOK per fare)17.3831.4131.9825.5224.5824.00
    Subsidies per vehichle-kms (NOK per km)21.8526.6728.3528.0529.3828.00
    Figures for year 2021 were revised on 31 August 2023.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Key figures, boat
    Key figures, boat
    201920202021202220232024
    Utilization of capacity (per cent)251719252623
    Speed (km per hour)252424242422
    Ticket revenues per fare (NOK)52.5851.0452.3854.8656.6357.97
    Ticket revenues per passenger kms (NOK per km)2.242.402.192.242.192.38
    Length of fare (km)232124252624
    Ticket revenues per boat kms (NOK per km)91.5866.6370.6394.6594.6595.49
    Subsidies per passenger (NOK per fare)116.98165.74177.51138.40183.26152.10
    Subsidies per boat kms (NOK per km)203.72216.34239.35238.77306.29250.55
    Figures for year 2021 were revised on 31 August 2023.
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 24 March 2025.

Train kilometre

Distance in kilometres for trains and trams that are made up of more than one linked carriage.

Vehicle kilometre

Total distance in kilometres (i.e. including positioning run and other out of route journeys).

Passenger kilometre

Passenger kilometre is an inter modal transport statistic. It is found by mutliplying the number of passengers by their travelled distance.

Place kilometre

Total seating capacity and standing room multiplied by distance in route (i.e. excluding positioning runs and other out of route journeys).

Seat kilometer

A measure of of capacity in passenger transport. Found by multiplying the number of seats by the distance that these seats are beeing offered to passengers.

Vehicle hours

Total vehicle hours (including control times, positioning runs and other out of route journeys).

Ticket revenue

The traffic establishments’ revenues from public transport users’ purchase of travel tickets.

Fare (passenger)

One boarding, i.e. part journey.

Total expenditure

All ordinary costs related to running public transport, i.e. the sum of administration costs, operating costs and capital expenditure.

Subsidies

The authorities’ net subsidy for transport services, i.e. the total service subsidy (including remuneration for school bus services) where the operators run on net contracts and retain ticket revenues. Where the operators run on gross contracts, the authorities’ subsidy shall correspond to the sum of the contract minus the ticket revenues.

Utilisation of capacity

Passenger kilometres as a percentage of seat kilometres.

Cost absorption

Ticket revenues as a percentage of total costs. (out from 2015)

Statistics Norway’s current Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC2007) is based on the EU’s NACE standard.

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