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Date: March 11, 2021 Stock of road motor vehicles continues to grow in 2023

At the beginning of 2023, 60.1 million road motor vehicles (passenger cars, lorries, road tractors for semi-trailers, buses and coaches, motorcycles, motorcycles n.e.c. and other road motor vehicles) were registered in Germany. The growth, which has …

Press release No. 519 of 8 December 2022 Truck toll mileage index in November 2022: +0.3% on the previous month

The Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) and the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) report that the mileage covered by trucks with four or more axles, which are subject to toll charges, on German motorways increased by a calendar and …

Press release No. 502 of 30 November 2022 Flights in summer 2022: number of departing air passengers more than doubled

A total of roughly 54.6 million air passengers travelled from Germany to foreign countries during the summer schedule from April to October 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase in passengers of 28.7 …

Press release No. 469 of 10 November 2022 Truck toll mileage index in October 2022: +0.7% on the previous month

The Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) and the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) report that the mileage covered by trucks with four or more axles, which are subject to toll charges, on German motorways increased by a calendar and …

Press release No. 471 of 10 November 2022 Short-distance trains in the 3^rd quarter of 2022: passengers up 53% year on year

The number of passengers in public short-distance passenger transport markedly increased in the third quarter of 2022. This is shown by a provisional ad-hoc evaluation of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The evaluation was based on data …

Press release No. 431 of 10 October 2022 Truck toll mileage index in September 2022 unchanged from the previous month

The Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) and the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) report that the mileage covered by trucks with four or more axles, which are subject to toll charges, on German motorways remained unchanged (calendar and …

Press release No. 423 of 6 October 2022 Coach industry 2020 and 2021: number of passengers down 77% from before the pandemic

Much smaller numbers of people travelled longer distances by coach in the Covid years of 2020 and 2021 than before the pandemic. The number of coach passengers (excluding regular services) was down by more than three fourths (-77%) in each of the two …

Press release No. 401 of 21 September 2022 Number of bus and rail passengers up by just over a third in the 1^st half of 2022

Considerably more passengers used regular bus or rail transport services in the first half of 2022 than in the same period a year earlier. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of passengers …

Press release No. N 058 of 15 September 2022 Car density at record high in 2021

The number of cars in Germany is rising despite the public debate on a mobility transition. Car density has risen continuously in the past ten years. There were 580 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, which is a record high. This is …

Press release No. 379 of 9 September 2022 Truck toll mileage index in August 2022: +0.4% on the previous month

The Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) and the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) report that the mileage covered by trucks with four or more axles, which are subject to toll charges, on German motorways increased by a calendar and …