Rail and road traffic increased in Finland towards the end of the year. Passenger numbers increased for commuter trains and long-distance services, and the number of passenger cars and vans on roads also grew year over year. On the other hand, the number of aircraft flying over Finnish airspace is historically low. At the same time, use of Fintraffic’s digital services grew by almost 30 per cent, and the Fintraffic App reached 130,000 downloads.
“Safe, smooth and reliable transport is the foundation of a well-functioning society. Towards the end of the year, there were clear signs of an increase in both rail and road traffic. Traffic trends reflect needs related to everyday mobility and an economy that is slowly recovering. At the same time, the growing use of our digital services and the open data we provide shows that up-to-date traffic data plays an even greater role in the planning of people’s mobility and everyday decision-making,” says Fintraffic CEO Pia Julin.
The traffic volume statistics published by Fintraffic for road, rail and air traffic can be viewed on Fintraffic’s website.
Rail traffic increased towards the end of the year – passenger volumes grew, freight traffic declined
Between October and December, commuter traffic volumes increased by 4.3 per cent. This growth is attributable in particular to new and more frequent services. Long-distance traffic volumes also increased by 2.9 per cent between October and December.
By contrast, the number of freight trains was 5.2 per cent lower than in the previous year. Freight traffic declined particularly in Eastern Finland. On the other hand, traffic volumes in Savo and Western Finland are increasing. This development is partly explained by the border traffic situation: transport flows now increasingly consist of transport within Finland rather than to and from Russia.
Punctuality figures improved year over year. The punctuality rate was 92.4 (+3.5 percentage points) for commuter traffic, 89.3 (+6.2 percentage points) for long-distance traffic and 94.1 (+2.6 percentage points) for freight traffic. The punctuality of rail traffic has been supported by a lack of snow and mild weather in early winter, which has improved the flow of traffic. At the end of the year, punctuality was momentarily affected by storm Hannes. However, the damage was repaired quickly, and the overall impact remained minor.
A lack of snow in early winter is also reflected in a more moderate amount of track work. However, in Southeast Finland, more track work has been carried out in the second half of last year than during the second half of 2024. The increase is partly attributable to the work being done on the Kouvola–Luumäki railway project.
Fintraffic, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and other operators involved in rail traffic are cooperating closely to ensure that traffic runs safely and smoothly throughout the winter season.
Heavy vehicle traffic volumes on a par with the previous year – growth plateaued
Between October and December, the total road traffic volume on main roads (highways and main roads) increased slightly year over year (2.7%). The traffic volume of cars and vans increased by 2.9 per cent year over year.
In the last quarter of the year, the volume of heavy vehicle traffic remained more or less at last year’s levels (-0.1%), and the downward trend of the previous months continued.
In total, road traffic volumes increased in 2025 by 2.5 per cent year over year. Passenger cars and vans saw a 2.7 per cent increase in volumes, while heavy traffic increased by 0.9 per cent compared to the previous year.
Air traffic
Overall, there are positive signs in air traffic towards the end of the year, as both domestic and international traffic increased slightly.
Overflights by Chinese airlines continued to decline year over year. As a result, the number of overflights is currently at historically very low levels.
Use of Fintraffic’s digital services grew by almost 30 per cent
Traffic data produced by Fintraffic is utilised extensively, for example, in navigators, route planners and various digital services that facilitate ease of mobility and transport in everyday life.
In the last quarter of 2025, Fintraffic’s digital services were visited approximately 3.49 million times, marking a year-over-year increase of roughly 29% (2.70 million visits Q4/2024). For the whole year, the services attracted 11 million visits (7.8 million in 2024).
The Fintraffic App, which provides real-time information on road and rail traffic, reached nearly 130,000 downloads by the end of the year. It is still Fintraffic’s most popular service, with approximately 2.46 million uses in the last quarter of the year (1.73 million / Q4 2024). Use increased by 42 per cent. During the last quarter of the year, new types of data were introduced to the application. More varied ways of receiving traffic bulletins of interest to the user were also added.
In the last quarter of 2025, 1.2 billion calls were made in the traffic data APIs of Fintraffic’s Digitraffic service (1.3 billion Q4/2024). Traffic bulletins, weather camera images and real-time traffic volume data are distributed throughout Digitraffic.
During the last quarter of the year, approximately 4.43 billion API calls (4.48 billion Q4/2024) were made in the Digitransit platform to gain access to public transport trip data. A total of 66.36 TB of data was shared (74.69 TB Q4/2024). Finnish public transport journey planners make extensive use of the shared knowledge base through the Digitransit platform.
The decline in the number of API calls indicates that the interfaces have become more efficient: information is now available more quickly, concisely and with fewer API calls. In addition, some of the information has been transferred to other services.
