Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
The codes of regions used in the region-to-region statistics are indicated in Regulation (EC) 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
The classification of dangerous goods is defined in the regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail, usually known as the RID, as adopted under Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Classification of Activities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KD BiH 2010), is based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Railway undertakings providing transport of passengers or goods on the railway network of the Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The main concepts used in rail domain are:
Rail passenger means any person, excluding members of the train crew, who makes a trip by rail. For accident statistics, passengers trying to embark/disembark onto/from a moving train are included. Passenger-km means the unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one kilometer. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account. Weight means the quantity of goods in tonnestones (1 000 kilograms). The weight to be taken into consideration includes, in addition to the weight of the goods transported, the weight of packaging and the tare weight of containers, swap bodies, pallets as well as road vehicles transported by rail in the course of combined transport operations. If the goods are transported using the services of more than one railway undertaking, when possible the weight of goods shall not be counted more than once. Tonne-km means the unit of measure of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne (1 000 kilograms) of goods by rail over a distance of one kilometer. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account. Train means one or more railway vehicles hauled by one or more locomotives or railcars, or one railcar travelling alone, running under a given number or specific designation from an initial fixed point to a terminal fixed point. A light engine, that is to say, a locomotive travelling on its own, is not considered to be a train. Train-km means the unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre. The distance used is the distance actually run, if available, otherwise the standard network distance between the origin and destination shall be used. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.
3.5. Statistical unit
Statistical units for rail transport statistics are all railway operators.
3.6. Statistical population
Data on passenger and freight transport are collected from the railway undertakings operating at national territory.
3.7. Reference area
Operational railway network on national territory.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Data on passengers and goods are covered from 2010 onwards.
3.9. Base period
The base year is the previous year.
The volume and performance of rail freight traffic are measured in tonnes (mass) and tonne-kilometres. Passenger transport by rail is measured in the number of passengers and in passenger-kilometres. Information on the number of train kilometres is also available. Traffic flows on the rail network are measured in number of trains - passenger, freight and others (optional).
The tables consist annual data.
According to the Rail regulation (EU) 2018/643 data is collected as following: Annual data – Annex L
- 5 months after the end of the reference period for Table L1
8 months after the end of the reference period for Table L2
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Statistical confidentiality is determined by the articles of the Law on Statistics of BiH. This area in accordance with the EU regulations governing the confidentiality of statistical data.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
The data is treated in accordance with the confidentiality policy. Data are published at the aggregate level.
8.1. Release calendar
Release calendar contains the review of publications planned to be issued in current year.
In line with the legal framework, Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH No.26/04) disseminates statistics on rail transport respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. At the release data on rail transport statistics is available to all users at the same time.
Rail transport statistics first results are published quarterly and annual.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
The First Release "Transport" - quarterly data
Aggregated data on the level of the BiH on the total passengers carried and passenger - kilometres (total, national, international transport), total tonnes carried and tonne kilometres (total, national transport, international loading and international – unloading and transit).
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
The First Release "Transport" - quarterly data
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Data are not published in online databases
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
The bulletin of transport statistics- annual data
BiH in figures – annual data on rail passenger and freight transport.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Publications with corresponding methodological explanations available at www.bhas.gov.ba , which is prepared for the data collection at national level.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
not applicable
11.1. Quality assurance
Agency for statistics of BiH follows the recommendations on the organization of quality management given in the European Statistics Code of Practice CoP and implements the guidelines given in the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System
11.2. Quality management - assessment
not applicable
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The key users of rail transport statistics are State institutions, enterprises, research and scientific community, journalists etc.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
The survey on user needs was conducted in June 2017.
Overall accuracy of the rail transport statistics data is good. The processing with implemented logical and computational control, plausibility checks as well as checks done before transmitting data to Eurostat provides a high accuracy of the data.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable for rail transport data collection.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable for rail transport data collection
14.1. Timeliness
All the statistics required by the provisions of the Regulation EU 2018/643 are transmitted to Eurostat in deadlines prescribed by Regulation.
ANNEX L: 5 months after the end of the reference period for Table L1 and 8 months after the end of the reference period for Table L2.
Difficulties to respect deadline for data transmission:
It is feasible to deliver datasets within required deadlines.
14.2. Punctuality
All rail datasets are transmitted to Eurostat within deadlines specified in the Regulation EU 2018/643.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
not applicable
15.2. Comparability - over time
not applicable
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
not applicable
15.4. Coherence - internal
not applicable
not applicable
17.1. Data revision - policy
not applicable
17.2. Data revision - practice
not applicable
18.1. Source data
Data on the railway infrastructure, transport equipment and transport of passengers and goods refer to the activity of legal entities engaged in the railway transport of passengers and goods and registered in the Statistical Business Register of the Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Data are collected quarterly and annually.
18.3. Data collection
Data are collected by the report method, by sending a questionnaire, which is delivered by mail or e-mail.
18.4. Data validation
Controls used: number of positive answers in relation to coverage, completeness of questionnaire completion, activity of reporting unit, deviation of data on railway infrastructure, railway means of transport and capacities, transported passengers and passenger kilometres in domestic and international transport, transported goods and tonne- kilometres in domestic transport, export, import and transit, accidents, dead and seriously injured persons in railway transport in relation to the previous period.
18.5. Data compilation
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18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable for rail transport data collection.
No comment
The statistics are compiled and transmitted yearly to Eurostat.
Mandatory data collection at EU level is based on legal act, the Regulation EU 2018/643 and covers goods and passengers.
Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina transmit to Eurostat Annex L.
ANNEX L covers simplified statistics on annual goods and passengers transport. Data are broken-down into 2 tables:
Table L1: Level of transport activity in goods transport
Table L2: Level of transport activity in passenger transport
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The main concepts used in rail domain are:
Rail passenger means any person, excluding members of the train crew, who makes a trip by rail. For accident statistics, passengers trying to embark/disembark onto/from a moving train are included. Passenger-km means the unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one kilometer. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account. Weight means the quantity of goods in tonnestones (1 000 kilograms). The weight to be taken into consideration includes, in addition to the weight of the goods transported, the weight of packaging and the tare weight of containers, swap bodies, pallets as well as road vehicles transported by rail in the course of combined transport operations. If the goods are transported using the services of more than one railway undertaking, when possible the weight of goods shall not be counted more than once. Tonne-km means the unit of measure of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne (1 000 kilograms) of goods by rail over a distance of one kilometer. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account. Train means one or more railway vehicles hauled by one or more locomotives or railcars, or one railcar travelling alone, running under a given number or specific designation from an initial fixed point to a terminal fixed point. A light engine, that is to say, a locomotive travelling on its own, is not considered to be a train. Train-km means the unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre. The distance used is the distance actually run, if available, otherwise the standard network distance between the origin and destination shall be used. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.
Statistical units for rail transport statistics are all railway operators.
Data on passenger and freight transport are collected from the railway undertakings operating at national territory.
Operational railway network on national territory.
The tables consist annual data.
According to the Rail regulation (EU) 2018/643 data is collected as following: Annual data – Annex L
- 5 months after the end of the reference period for Table L1
8 months after the end of the reference period for Table L2
Overall accuracy of the rail transport statistics data is good. The processing with implemented logical and computational control, plausibility checks as well as checks done before transmitting data to Eurostat provides a high accuracy of the data.
The volume and performance of rail freight traffic are measured in tonnes (mass) and tonne-kilometres. Passenger transport by rail is measured in the number of passengers and in passenger-kilometres. Information on the number of train kilometres is also available. Traffic flows on the rail network are measured in number of trains - passenger, freight and others (optional).
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Data on the railway infrastructure, transport equipment and transport of passengers and goods refer to the activity of legal entities engaged in the railway transport of passengers and goods and registered in the Statistical Business Register of the Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rail transport statistics first results are published quarterly and annual.
All the statistics required by the provisions of the Regulation EU 2018/643 are transmitted to Eurostat in deadlines prescribed by Regulation.
ANNEX L: 5 months after the end of the reference period for Table L1 and 8 months after the end of the reference period for Table L2.
Difficulties to respect deadline for data transmission:
It is feasible to deliver datasets within required deadlines.
