With 10.2 billion passengers, scheduled bus and train services last year missed the level from before the Corona crisis.
The number of passengers meant an increase of 29 percent compared to 2021, which was even more affected by the pandemic, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office. However, the pre-crisis level was missed by 14 percent despite the popular 9-euro ticket that was offered for three months in the summer.
The follow-up offer “Deutschland-Ticket” is intended to increase the attractiveness of local public transport for 49 euros from this May. With 7.9 billion guests on scheduled services, the previous year 2021 was the weakest since the start of the statistical time series in 2004.
The official figures also include long-distance customers. Here, the trains recorded 138 million passengers in 2022, an increase of 62 percent compared to the previous year. 7.5 million passengers in long-distance buses even meant an increase of 163 percent. As in the overall picture, the number of passengers in public transport rose by 29 percent and thus remained 14 percent below the value from the pre-crisis year 2019.
