Following Germany’s prolonged pandemic slump in passenger travel by rail, demand for long-distance and regional trains is now back at record levels. Last year, total rail transport performance was 104.2 billion passenger-kilometres, as calculated by the Pro-Rail Alliance on the basis of data from the Federal Statistical Office. “This is above the previous record of 102.0 billion passenger-kilometres in 2019,” the association told dpa. “In terms of transport performance, this more than compensates for the coronavirus dip – in fact, we can speak of an all-time high here.” Transport performance i…