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Best railway stations in Europe in 2025, by European Railway Station Index

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Release date

August 2025

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2025

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the maximum possible score for a railway station is 118 points

Supplementary notes

The European Railway Station Index takes into account different factors like annual passengers/number of platforms, number of domestic and international destinations, shopping and dining experience, accessibility, among others.

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In 2025, two of the five best railway stations in Europe were located in Switzerland. Based on passenger experience, the best train station in Europe was the central station of Zürich, Switzerland with an index score of ***, where *** points would be the maximum score. The train station in Bern ranked third, scoring **** points.

Rail passenger traffic in Europe

In 2023, passengers traveled around *** billion passenger kilometers on railways in Europe. Rail passenger traffic had been inching upwards between 2004 and 2019, but then dropped off in 2020. The travel restriction due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to a ** percent drop in rail passenger-kilometer between 2019 and 2020. Rail passenger numbers rose in 2021 and 2022 but remained at a substantially lower level than pre-pandemic.

Main passenger rail companies in Europe

Based on passenger traffic, the leader of the rail passenger transport in Europe is the SNCF. The French national state-owned company recorded nearly ** billion passenger kilometers in 2021, and it was followed by the German rail company Deutsche Bahn, with passenger traffic of around ** billion passenger kilometers during the same year.