Railway statistics

Statistics
Statistics related to topics:Transport and tourism
Railway statistics describe the Finnish track network, numbers of journeys by rail, volumes of transported goods and various performances of railway traffic. Statistics are compiled from data of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and operators. Quarterly and more extensive annual statistics are published from the data.

Change

Data tables 12lu, 12lx and 12md have missing data and tables 12m1 and 12m2 will not be updated in the release.
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Key figures

Passenger rail transport

20,525thousand journeys
2nd quarter 2024
Railway statistics
Updated: 26/09/2024

Freight transport on railways

6,767thousand tonnes
2nd quarter 2024
Railway statistics
Updated: 26/09/2024

Detailed tables of the statistics are available in the StatFin database

You can find updated tables in the StatFin database. Extract the data you need into tables, view the data as charts or download the data for your use.

The archive contains the database tables that we no longer update.

Releases

Railway statistics 2024, 2nd quarter | Release
Railway statistics 2024, 1st quarter | Release
Railway statistics 2023, 3rd quarter | Release

Future releases

Figures

See key statistical data in the figures.

Trips in long-distance and local passenger traffic in 2009 to 2023

Documentation

Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.

Go to documentation of the statistics

Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Railway statistics [online publication].
ISSN=2670-3351. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 21.11.2024].
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Statistical experts

Inquiries primarily

Sami Penttilä
Senior Statistician
029 551 3869

International comparison data

Sami Penttilä
Senior Statistician
029 551 3869