In 2025, passenger transport increased in all modes of transport, except for inland waterways
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In 2025, passenger transport increased in all modes of transport, except for inland waterways - 4th Quarter 2025
06 March 2026

Summary

In the 4th quarter of 2025, national airports handled 16.7 million passengers, corresponding to a year-on-year increase of 4.7% (+4.6% in the 3rd Q 2025).

In the same quarter, 61.2 million passengers travelled by train (+6.7%; +14.3% in the 3rd Q 2025). Metro transport totalled 74.1 million, corresponding to a year-on-year decrease of 3.5% (+1.7% in the 3rd Q 2025). 

Passenger transport by inland waterways carried 5.6 million passengers, representing a decrease of 3.5% compared to the same period last year (-0.2% in the 3rd Q 2025).

Regarding the transport of goods, there were decreases by road (-4.1%; -5.1% in the 3rd Q 2025) and by air (-6.2%; -0.1% in the 3rd Q 2025) and by sea (-18.0%; +3.7% in the 3rd Q 2025), while by rail recorded an increase (+4.3%; +9.3% in the 3rd Q 2025).

Preliminary results for the entire year of 2025 pointed to a growth in passenger transport by air (+4.7%; +4.3% in 2024), by train (+9.7%; +9.2% in 2024) and by metro (+0.6%; +9.0% in 2024). Conversely, the transport by inland waterways recorded an annual decrease of 0.5% (+6.8% in 2024).

Regarding the transport of goods, the annual preliminary results indicate decreases in transport by air (-0.5%, after +14.2% in 2024) and by sea (-6.3%; +4.3% in 2024). By land, rail transport grew 5.9% (-8.1% in 2024), while road transport decreased 7.1% (-8.4 % in 2024).

In 2025, pipeline transport increased by 2.1% compared with the previous year (+1.1% in 2024). In the transport of gas by pipeline, there were decreases in input (-2.9%; -10.3% in 2024) and output (-2.9%; -10.4% in 2024).


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