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Road, rail, air and water transportation are all prevalent and important across Europe. Europe was the location of the world's first railways and motorways and is now the location of some of the world's busiest ports and airports. The Schengen Area enables border control-free travel between 26 European countries.
In May 2022, some countries in the European Union strongly reduced the price for traveling on public transport, among others, because this is a relatively climate-friendly mode of transportation: Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy. During summer of 2022, Germany reduced the price to Є9 per month. In some cities the price was cut by more than 90%.
Microstates such as San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein have high rates of car ownership.. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows.
Temporary lines laid for a specific purposes are not considered unless specified. Countries include the nations listed in the List of sovereign states along with reference ISO 3166 codes which list ISO 3166-1 numeric three-digit country codes which are maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
Countries with more than 20 million passengers per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2019 Report by the International Union of Railways. As mentioned in the notes, many of these figures are very incomplete, as they exclude metro/rapid transport rail services.
The percentage of freight railway transportation varies between European countries. For example, in France the percentage is much lower than the European average, while it is much higher in other countries such as Lithuania , where over 70% of domestic cargo is transported by train. [ 26 ]
Developing a Trans-European high-speed rail network is a stated goal of the European Union, and most cross-border railway lines receive EU funding. Several countries — among them France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — are connected to a cross-border high-speed railway network.
The International Association of Public Transport (French: Union Internationale des Transports Publics; UITP) [1] [2] is a non-profit member-led organisation for public transport authorities, networks and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry, that works to advance sustainable urban mobility.