EU Survey: Perception of High-Speed Rail in Europe

The EU survey Perception of High-Speed Rail in Europe shows that a large majority of European citizens would like to travel faster and more easily between European countries, preferring to travel by high-speed rail instead of flying.

Commissioned by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and carried out by Polling Europe, this new European perception survey comes at a key moment, as the European Commission prepares to launch a plan, requested by President Ursula von der Leyen, for a European High-Speed Rail Network connecting all EU capitals and major cities.

The interviews were conducted by Polling Europe between 16 and 25 May 2025, on a representative sample of 5,107 adults aged 18 and over across the 27 EU Member States. Sampling was proportionally distributed according to national populations, age and gender quotas were applied in each country based on the latest Eurostat data to ensure demographic representativeness.

Download below the survey report.