| Contact | |
|---|---|
| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
| Contact organisation unit | "Short-term Business Statistics and Transport Statistics" Department |
| Contact name | Marin Toshev |
| Contact person function | State expert |
| Contact mail address | 2, P.Volov Str. Sofia 1038, Bulgaria |
| Contact email address | |
| Contact phone number | + 359 9857 190 |
| Contact fax number | |
| Metadata update | |
| Metadata last certified | 04 September 2023 |
| Metadata last posted | 04 September 2023 |
| Metadata last update | 04 September 2023 |
| Statistical presentation | |
| Data description | Data refer to the total volume of the transported passengers with paid fares carried between two places (place of embarkation and place of disembarkation). Transport performance measured in passenger-kilometres corresponds to the transportation of one passenger over one kilometre by the railway transport. |
| Classification system | Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008) - 49.10 Passenger rail transport. |
| Sector coverage | Covers the interurban and international transport of passengers by the railway transport on the main routes, as well on short distances. |
| Statistical concepts and definitions | According to Glossary for transport statistics - Geneva which provides data comparability at European level. |
| Statistical unit | Railway undertakings licensed for performing passenger carriages at Bulgarian territory. |
| Statistical population | Railway undertakings performing passenger carriages. |
| Reference area | National and international carriages. |
| Time coverage | Since Ist quarter of 2000 |
| Base period | Not applicable. |
| Unit of measure | |
Thousand tonnes; million tkm | |
| Reference period | |
Quarter, year | |
| Institutional mandate | |
| Legal acts and other agreements | · Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of 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; · Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2007 of 27 March 2007 on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics. |
| Data sharing | · Short-term questionnaire of the ITF; · Common questionnaire of Eurostat, UN and ITF. |
| Confidentiality | |
| Confidentiality - policy | There is a written consent from the railway undertaking, which allow the data to be published and disseminated. |
| Confidentiality - data treatment | There is a written consent from the railway undertaking, which allow the data to be published and disseminated. |
| Release policy | |
| Release calendar | Data are published according to the deadlines set in the National statistical program and the Release calendar - 60 days after the end of the reference period. |
| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
| User access | Data are published on the internet site of NSI and can be accessed from all users of statistical information. |
| Frequency of dissemination | |
Quarterly and annual | |
| Accessibility and clarity | |
| News release | Press release on transport |
| Publications | · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · "Bulgaria" (brochure). |
| On-line database | Data on passengers carried and transport performance are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Transport and Communications - Other annual data -Transport - Railway transport: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7188 |
| Micro-data access | Not applicable. |
| Other | Not applicable. |
| Documentation on methodology | Reference Manual on Railway Transport Statistics issued by Eurostat |
| Quality documentation | Not applicable. |
| Quality management | |
| Quality assurance | Logical and control and validation of the data. |
| Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
| Relevance | |
| User needs | Main users are state institutions, different organizations and specialized in the sector enterprises. |
| User satisfaction | Not applicable. |
| Completeness | Full coverage. |
| Accuracy and reliability | |
| Overall accuracy | The accuracy is guaranteed from the respondent. |
| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Timeliness and punctuality | |
| Timeliness | According to the set deadlines. |
| Punctuality | According to the requirements of Regulation 91/2003/EO. |
| Coherence and comparability | |
| Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
| Comparability - over time | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
| Cost and burden | |
Cost and Burden for the survey are defined according the National Statistical Program for each reference year. | |
| Data revision | |
| Data revision - policy | Data revision is made when it is necessary. |
| Data revision - practice | According to rules set by Eurostat. |
| Statistical processing | |
| Source data | The information is from survey of enterprises with main activity according to NACE BG 2008 - Class 49.10 Passenger rail transport |
| Frequency of data collection | Quarterly, Annual |
| Data collection | The survey is exhaustive. |
| Data validation | By necessity validation checks of transmitted data series are made. |
| Data compilation | Aggregation of quarterly data. |
| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Comment | |
Statistical domain
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