| °Passenger traffic | ||||||||
| Passenger kilometres in total 1960–2005 | Percentages of total passenger kilometres 1960–2005 | |||||||
| Rail traffic | Public transport (road) | Private motor traffic | Rail traffic | Public transport (road) | Private motor traffic | Total | ||
| 1960 | 8011 | 2019 | 18590 | 28.0 | 7.1 | 65.0 | 28620 | |
| 1970 | 9436 | 3005 | 45882 | 16.2 | 5.2 | 78.7 | 58323 | |
| 1971 | 9545 | 3084 | 48180 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 79.2 | 60809 | |
| 1972 | 9611 | 3149 | 50621 | 15.2 | 5.0 | 79.9 | 63381 | |
| 1973 | 9763 | 3281 | 52331 | 14.9 | 5.0 | 80.0 | 65375 | |
| 1974 | 9665 | 3349 | 53188 | 14.6 | 5.1 | 80.3 | 66202 | |
| 1975 | 9362 | 3319 | 55526 | 13.7 | 4.9 | 81.4 | 68207 | |
| 1976 | 9491 | 3328 | 56902 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 81.6 | 69721 | |
| 1977 | 9375 | 3350 | 60911 | 12.7 | 4.5 | 82.7 | 73636 | |
| 1978 | 9448 | 3334 | 63258 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 83.2 | 76040 | |
| 1979 | 9665 | 3435 | 64894 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 83.2 | 77994 | |
| 1980 | 10145 | 3551 | 67041 | 12.6 | 4.4 | 83.0 | 80737 | |
| 1981 | 10067 | 3655 | 67044 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 83.0 | 80765 | |
| 1982 | 9916 | 3703 | 69428 | 11.9 | 4.5 | 83.6 | 83046 | |
| 1983 | 9923 | 3689 | 70387 | 11.8 | 4.4 | 83.8 | 83998 | |
| 1984 | 9974 | 3748 | 72311 | 11.6 | 4.4 | 84.1 | 86033 | |
| 1985 | 10350 | 3969 | 71467 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 83.3 | 85786 | |
| 1986 | 10292 | 4067 | 73112 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 83.6 | 87471 | |
| 1987 | 11901 | 4220 | 74061 | 13.2 | 4.7 | 82.1 | 90183 | |
| 1988 | 12205 | 4448 | 75763 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 82.0 | 92417 | |
| 1989 | 12488 | 4595 | 77228 | 13.2 | 4.9 | 81.9 | 94311 | |
| 1990 | 12885 | 4697 | 77759 | 13.5 | 4.9 | 81.6 | 95340 | |
| 1991 | 14064 | 5076 | 79147 | 14.3 | 5.2 | 80.5 | 98287 | |
| 1992 | 13469 | 5038 | 77734 | 14.0 | 5.2 | 80.8 | 96241 | |
| 1993 | 13628 | 4995 | 75703 | 14.4 | 5.3 | 80.3 | 94326 | |
| 1994 | 14077 | 5030 | 77675 | 14.5 | 5.2 | 80.3 | 96782 | |
| 1995 | 11963 | 4702 | 79830 | 12.4 | 4.9 | 82.7 | 96495 | |
| 1996 | 12155 | 4667 | 81164 | 12.4 | 4.8 | 82.8 | 97986 | |
| 1997 | 12328 | 4608 | 81473 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 82.8 | 98409 | |
| 1998 | 12439 | 4483 | 82288 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 82.9 | 99210 | |
| 1999 | 12774 | 4513 | 83406 | 12.7 | 4.5 | 82.8 | 100693 | |
| 2000 | 12922 | 4572 | 85086 | 12.6 | 4.5 | 82.9 | 102580 | |
| 2001 | 13597 | 4707 | 85148 | 13.1 | 4.5 | 82.3 | 103452 | |
| 2002 | 14456 | 4776 | 85830 | 13.8 | 4.5 | 81.7 | 105062 | |
| 2003 | 14846 | 4839 | 86478 | 14.0 | 4.6 | 81.5 | 106163 | |
| 2004 | 15239 | 4855 | 87225 | 14.2 | 4.5 | 81.3 | 107319 | |
| 2005 | 16474 | 4959 | 87950 | 15.1 | 4.5 | 80.4 | 109383 | |
| Passenger traffic 2005: km per person and country | ||||||||
| Rail traffic | Buses and coaches | Private cars | ||||||
| CH | 2283 | 701 | 12436 | |||||
| DE | 908 | 897 | 8719 | |||||
| ES | 547 | 1348 | 9195 | |||||
| FR | 1257 | 724 | 11949 | |||||
| SE | 1007 | 1018 | 11062 | |||||
| UK* | 921 | 850 | 12008 | |||||
| US* | 186 | 843 | 26925 | |||||
| UK*: without Northern Ireland | ||||||||
| US*: 2004 |