Norway Yearbook - 1996

Transport and communication
393 Domestic passenger transport1 by mode of transport
Mode of transport 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
.
Passengers. Million
Total 2320 2628 3384 3655 3599 3587 3628 3684 3707*
Water transport, total 44 51 52 54 53 51 47 46 43*
Ferry transport 36 43 45 47 46 44 39 38 35*
Other regular service 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8*
Railwaytransportetc., total 122 132 119 115 115 117 123 125 130
Norwegian State Railways. 33 37 34 34 33 36 37 38 40
Suburban railways and urban
tramways 89 95 85 81 82 81 86 87 90
Roadtransport,total 2152 2442 3208 3479 3424 3412 3450 3505 3526*
Scheduled road transport . . 310 332 288 278 287 277 276 282 282*
Taxis
2g 271 62 70 67 71 71 71 71
Rental cars 26 19 17 16 18 25 35
Private cars3 1 708 1 976 2 753 3 024 2965 2960 2997 2 038 3 048
Motor cycles, mopeds 75 63 79 88 88 88 88 89 90
Air transport 2 3 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
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Passenger kilometres. Million
Total 35305 40705 47657 52344 52446 52634 53503 54608 54614*
Water transport, total 660 660 643 636 654 616 617 634 614*
Ferry transport 275 321 323 322 340 307 283 267 247*
Other regular service 385 339 320 314 314 309 334 367 367*
Railway transport etc., total 2271 2751 2 567 2430 2487 2511 2588 2773 2317
Norwegian State Railways. .. 1 827 2250 2 112 2011 2067 2 162 2218 2398 1 936
Suburban railways and urban
tramways 444 501 455 419 420
4349
370 375 381
Road transport, total 31353 35819 42304 47121 46614 46570 47104 47815 48116*
Scheduled road transport 3963 4257 3948 3890 3935 3945 3927 3956 3956*
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Taxis
2475 2625 461 523 513 545 553 561 566
Rental cars 377 278 247 237 262 367 505
Private cars3 26311 30436 36884 41717 41210 41130 41 644 42211 42365
Motorcycles, mopeds 604 501 630 705 701 704 708 709 724
Air transport 1 021 1 475 2 147 2665 2699 2 946 3204 3397 3 567
Relative figures 1965=100
Passengers, total 176 200 257 277 273 272 275 280 282*
Passenqer kilometres, total 203 234 274 304 301 302 307 314 314*
Including Only passengers who are entering as well as leaving means of transport in Norway.2tental cars are included in taxis.3Drivers are w-
cluded in the calculations.4As from 1992 a reduction in average transport distance.
Source: NOS Transport and Communication Statistics. More information: Division for Transport and Tourism Statistics figures.
Domestic passenger transport. Billion passenger-kilometres
60
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Other passenger
transport
50
Private cars
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o 30
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20
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1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
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