1. Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Rolling Review
Rail data users’ response
Anna BIAŁAS-MOTYL
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4 Rail

2. Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Rolling Review (RR)
Regular exercise
to study the processes used to collect and compile the data within Eurostat
to obtain feedback from the data users and Eurostat’s partners
to identify areas with potential for improvement and/or extension
Survey of users of rail data – part of the RR
July-August 2008 – survey took place
final report – ready (Rail )
Partner survey
December 2008 – January survey took place
final report – under preparation
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

3. RR – rail data users and their interests
University/Research Institutes (12)
International/Other Government Bodies (11)
Consultancy (11)
Railway undertakings (8)
National Statistical Authorities (7)
Press (and other media) and Private individuals (5)
Commission Services and other (1+7) 62
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

4. Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
RR – rail data users and use made of data
Trend analysis (36)
Forecasting (25)
Modelling (22)
Market research (21)
Comparison (21)
Other research (20)
Projects (20)
Policy (18)
Media use (7)
Preparing legislation (6)
Negotiations (6)
Other (4)
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

5. Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
RR – ranking of importance and opinions on data quality
Accuracy
Timeliness and Completeness
Comparability
Clarity
Coherence
Accessibility
- the most appreciated
– the least appreciated
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

6. RR – users’ needs for additional or more detailed data
Annexes F&G – on annual basis
Distance classes
All containers + their types
Regional data at NUTS 3 level
Passengers – conventional vs. high speed transport + transit
Information on undertakings
More details on intermodal transport units
Passenger flows on main rail links
Financial results
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail
Passenger-km by journey purpose

7. RR – additional questions 1/2
Use of other data sources
YES (45)
NO (10)
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

8. RR – additional questions 2/2
Rail metadata - awareness
YES (10)
NO (52)
Supporting services from Eurostat
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

9. Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Conclusions
RR – useful exercise
Information about the users of rail data
Views on rail data quality – strengths, shortcomings
Need for additional or more detailed data better recognized
Users are confident about the accuracy of the data and its overall quality
Users are less comfortable with timeliness
Key areas for improvement:
Annual network traffic
Passenger and freight broken down by distance classes
Data collected on all container movements
Annual regional data
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail

10. Thank you for your attention !
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 4, Rail