The car is the dominant form of inland transport in all Member States compared with journeys by train, coach or bus. In 2017, travel by car accounted for 83.3 % of passenger-kilometres across the European Union (EU), compared with 8.8 % for coaches, buses and trolley buses, and 7.9 % for trains.
Among the EU Member States, the highest proportion of passenger-kilometres travelled by car was in Lithuania (91.1 %). For train travel, Austria had the highest proportion of passenger-kilometres (11.9 %) and for coaches, buses and trolley buses, Hungary had the highest proportion (21.1 %).
Source, Eurostat dataset tran_hv_psmod
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