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In 2023, passengers traveled just over **** billion passenger kilometers on railways in the Americas. The region trails behind Europe and Asia Pacific. 

Rail passenger transport recovery

Rail passenger numbers dropped in all world regions at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global passenger demand dropped from *** trillion passenger kilometers to only *** trillion passenger kilometers. In Europe rail passenger traffic dropped by nearly half before rising to pre-pandemic traffic in 2023. 

High-speed rail continues to boom

Despite the downturn in passenger numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world are continuing to expand their high-speed rail networks. As of 2022, there were thousands of kilometers of high-speed lines under construction globally. This boom is largely driven by China, which had over * kilometers of high-speed lines under construction in 2022.