1. Snejana Markovic-Chénais
UIC Rail Statistics
Snejana Markovic-Chénais
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2. UIC: the International Union of Railways
200 members on all continents
Members are:
Railways
Rail operators
Infrastructure managers
Railway service providers
Public transport companies
Public or private railway companies
up to 200 members on all continents and 100 countries
Members are:
88 Rail Integrated Companies Railways
14 Rail operators Passengers
23 Rail operators Freight
12 Mixed Rail undertaking
21 Infrastructure managers
24 Others (railway service providers)
9 Rail research institutes
8 Rail Administration
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3. UIC 2012
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4. UIC Mission Promoting the development of rail transport
at world level,
in order to meet challenges
of mobility and sustainable development
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September 23rd, 2011
2 May 2011

5. UIC’s role
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6. Data collection Data are company based Voluntaree basis
Main questionnaire in September
Mainly UIC members but not only
Main outputs :
Synopsis 2012 : 2011 data (provisionnal) available June 2012
Yearbook in December 2012 with 2011 data (final)
Time-series in december with 2011 data
Quaterly data available online during the year
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7. Statistics publications
- Also time series indexes and values
Visit UIC statistics webpage
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8. Synopsis Provisionnal data, annual basis All continents
length of lines
Rolling Stock
Average staff strength
Train performance in train-km
Rail Traffic in pass., pass-km, tonnes,
tonne-km, High speed traffic.
Available mid year
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9. Synopsis
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10. International Railway Statistics
Yearly published
Public data
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11. Example
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12. 2010 International Railway Statistics
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13. International Railway Statistics
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14. Thank you for your kind attention
Snejana Markovic-Chénais, Head Economics/Statistics Unit
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Thank you for your kind attention
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