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Passenger transport increased in all modes of transport, except for inland waterways
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Passenger transport increased in all modes of transport, except for inland waterways - 3rd Quarter 2025
05 December 2025

Summary

In the 3rd quarter of 2025, national airports handled 22.5 million passengers, corresponding to an increase of 4.6% (+6.6% in the 2nd Q 2025).

In the same quarter, 62.5 million passengers travelled by train (+14.3%; +7.5% in the 2nd Q 2025) and 69.4 million by metro (+1.7%; +0.8% in the 2nd Q 2025). 

Passenger transport by inland waterways decreased by 0.2% compared with the 3rd Q 2024 (+0.3% in the 2nd Q 2025), reaching 7.9 million passengers.

Regarding the transport of goods, there were decreases by road (-5.3%; -10.6% in the 2nd Q 2025) and by air (-0.1%; +4.6% in the 2nd Q 2025) and increases by rail (+6.9%; +12.6% in the 2nd Q 2025) and by sea (+3.7%; -6.8% in the 2nd Q 2025).


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