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For the first time in a decade, more Europeans travel by train than by bus

Cars remain Europe's top way to travel. However, trains have overtaken buses for the first time in a decade, while planes grew fastest of any mode of transport over the same period.

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00:00Planes, trains and cars. Are Europeans changing how they get around?
00:08Cars remain by far Europe's favorite way to travel, according to Eurostat,
00:14making up 69% of all passenger journeys. But for the first time since 2014,
00:20trains have overtaken buses, coaches and trolleybuses. RailNow accounts for 7.5%
00:27of travel across the EU, edging past buses which fell to 7.3%. But in 10 years,
00:33planes grew the fastest of any transport mode, up to 3.6 percentage points since 2014,
00:41even outpacing the modest rise in rail. Cars, meanwhile, slipped slightly down 2.9 points
00:47over the same period, and buses dropped further still, down 1.3 points. The national picture
00:54varies widely. Car use is highest in Lithuania, at nearly 84% of all travel, followed by the
01:01Netherlands at 77% and Finland at more than 75%. Those in Croatia fly the most, as it makes up
01:11almost half of all travel there, at 45.6%. Rail plays its biggest role in Hungary at 11.3%
01:20and
01:21Austria at just more than 10%. Buses are at their most popular in Malta, Ireland and Hungary.
01:28a little Conference in Hungary at the same time, 15.6%.
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