Survey Information
Survey Name:
Rail Statistics
Business Area:
Transport Section, Agriculture, Transport & Tourism Division.
Survey Purpose:
To collect quarterly and annual data on goods and passenger transport by rail. Data is also collected on rail accidents and railway operators
Legislative Basis:
Regulation (EC) No. 91/2003 the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1192/2003 of 3 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics.
Periodicity:
Quarterly and annual
Target Population:
Rail transport activity within the Republic of Ireland and rail transport activity where a journey begins or ends in the Republic of Ireland.
Sampling Frame:
N/A
Survey Size:
Irish Rail supply the data.
Principal Variables Collected:
Tonnes of freight carried, tonne-km, train-km, number of passengers carried, passenger-km, train movements, number of accidents, number of persons killed, number of persons seriously injured.
Principal External Users:
Eurostat, National Accounts.
Contact Points
Business Area Specialists:
Jim Dalton
Noreen Dorgan
Joan O'Rahilly
Marie O'Rourke
The business specialists above can be contacted by e-mail using their firstname.lastname@cso.ie