Passenger traffic by land, air and sea transport continues to rise

Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) data show that in the first nine months of 2025, compared to the respective period of 2024, passenger traffic by train, tram and trolleybus, as well as by aircraft and ferries continues to rise. At the same time the data show that traffic by regular bus traffic lines has gone down.

In the first nine months of 2025, 294.9 thousand passengers arrived at and departed from Ventspils and Liepāja ports with ferries. Their number has gone up by 2.5 %, compared to the first nine months of 2024. At Ventspils port passenger turnover comprised 213.8 thousand passengers, which is 4.2 % more, but at Liepāja port – 81.1 thousand passengers, which is 1.7 % less. 

During the first nine months of 2025, the number of passengers carried by land passenger transport comprised 143.4 million passengers, which is 1.1 % more than in the first nine months of 2024. 

The largest upturn was registered in in the number of passengers carried by rail – 16.2 million, which is a rise of 11.4 %, compared to the first nine months of 2024.

Also passenger transport by tram and trolleybus has gone up. The number of passengers carried by trams comprised 24.4 million, a rise of 7.5 %, but by trolleybuses – 29.7 million, a growth of 1.1 %, compared to the respective period of the previous year. In turn, 73.1 million passengers were carried by regular bus traffic lines, which is 2.8 % less.

Passenger traffic by road transport in the nine months

(million passengers)

Refer to the OSP database: TPA020c

In the first nine months of 2025 the number of passenger arrivals and departures at Riga International Airport comprised 5.3 million, which is 0.5 % more than in the respective period of the previous year.

Methodological information

Data on passenger transport are obtained through a full survey from enterprises that provide urban electric transport services; carriers registered in the Republic of Latvia that provide regular commercial passenger transport by bus; enterprises engaged in passenger transport by rail; passenger terminals at ports; and airports (with an annual passenger turnover (arriving and departing passengers) of 150 000 or more).

More information on passenger transport is available in the official statistics portal section Passenger traffic.

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Vida Lukaševiča
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