|
For any question on data and metadata, please contact: Eurostat user support |
|
|||
1.1. Contact organisation | Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Directorate General for Regulation of Transport Services (MoTi), General Directorate of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT)
|
||
1.2. Contact organisation unit |
|
||
1.5. Contact mail address | Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) Devlet Mahallesi Necatibey Cad. No:114 06420 Cankaya ANKARA/TURKEY Annexes: TURKSTAT |
|
|||
2.1. Metadata last certified | 15/05/2024 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 08/07/2020 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 08/07/2020 |
|
|||
3.1. Data description | |||
Mandatory data collection at EU level is based on legal act, the Regulation EU 2018/643 and covers goods and passengers.
|
|||
3.2. Classification system | |||
Goods transported by rail are classified according to the 20 divisions of goods following the 'Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics 2007’ with effect from reference year 2008. 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. |
|||
3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Railway undertakings providing transport of passengers or goods. |
|||
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
The main concepts used in rail domain are:
|
|||
3.5. Statistical unit | |||
Statistical units for rail transport statistics are all railway stations. |
|||
3.6. Statistical population | |||
Data on passenger and freight transport are collected from the railway undertakings operating at national territory within thresholds mentioned in the rail regulation. |
|||
3.7. Reference area | |||
Operational railway network on national territory. |
|||
3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Data on passengers and goods are covered from 2004 onwards. |
|||
3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable. |
|
|||
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. |
|
|||
The tables consist mostly of annual data. There are some tables providing quarterly and quinquennial (every five years) data.
|
|
|||
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
Rail Metadata (for more info: http://www.turkstat.gov.tr/PreTablo.do?alt_id=1051) Purpose: Producing statistics on railway infrastructure, equipment, accident and transportation (number of passenger and amount of freight tonne*km, train*km, passenger*km and seat*km). Generating the statistics which will help to decision makers while planning and setting up programs on railway transportation. Producing statistics on railway freight and passenger transportation which is internationally comparable. Coverage: Statistics of all the transportation, infrastructure and equipment, and accidents on the rail lines in the responsibility area of General Directorate of State Railways Purpose:Producing statistics on railway infrastructure, equipment, accident and transportation (number of passenger and amount of freight tonne*km, train*km, passenger*km and seat*km). Generating the statistics which will help to decision makers while planning and setting up programs on railway transportation. Producing statistics on railway freight and passenger transportation which is internationally comparable. Coverage: Statistics of all the transportation, infrastructure and equipment, and accidents on the rail lines in the responsibility area of General Directorate of State Railways Scope Deficiency: Statistics on transportation, infrastructure, equipment and accidents of light railed system (metro, tram) are not covered. Time Scope: The hard copy of data is available since 1925 and the soft copy is available since 1998. Data Sources : Data obtained from the official records of General Directorate of State Railways. Method: Data obtained from the official records of instutions are compiled in magnetic form. Variables Length of railways:Length of electrified and non-electrified railways in our country are compiled in km. Number of locomotives:Number of electrified and diesel locomotives which is in operation on the railway network of Turkey. Number of wagons:Number of freight and passenger wagons which is on operation in the railway network of Turkey. Passenger-km:Unit measure of passenger traffic corresponding to the conveyance of a passenger over a distance of one kilometre. Tonne-km:Unit measure of goods traffic (weights of containers, pallets and packages etc. are included if there are) corresponding to the conveyance of goods over a distance of one kilometre. Train-km:Unit measure of distance representing the movement of a train over one kilometre. Administrative transportations:Transportations realized by State Railways free of charge for its own purposes or for its staff.
|
|||
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Until year 2012 data was revealed in “Summary Statistics on Transportation” publication. Since year 2012 data is revealed to users by our web page. (https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Kategori/GetKategori?p=ulastirma-ve-haberlesme-112&dil=1)
|
|
|||
7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
Rules on statistical compilation: Compiled in accordance with Article 9. of Statistics Law of Turkey. |
|||
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Regulation on statistical confidentiality: In accordance with Article 13. of Statistics Law of Turkey, personal information and data which provide recognition of persons or enterprises directly or indirectly is confidential. |
|
|||
8.1. Release calendar | |||
In the eighth month of the following year that the data belongs to. |
|||
8.2. Release calendar access | |||
https://www.resmiistatistik.gov.tr/ |
|||
8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
National data release calendar is determined and announced to public. |
|
|||
Periodicity: Annual Timeliness: In the eighth month of the following year that the data belongs to.
|
|
|||
10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Data are disseminated to the users simultaneously. News release: n.a. Publications: Until year 2012 data was revealed in “Summary Statistics on Transportation” publication. Since year 2012 data is revealed to users by our web page. (turkstat.gov.tr) For TCDD the link https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/en/organizational/statistics |
|||
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
On-line : Available Internet address: http://www.turkstat.gov.tr CD ROM: Until year 2012 data is available in the CD of the Summary Statistics on Transportation publication. Other: Requested data can be gathered by magnetic form, cd formats and by e-mail. |
|||
10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
n.a. |
|||
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Not applicable. |
|||
10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
For TCDD in pdf format: ANNUAL STATISTICS (annual) Annexes: Annual Statistics 2014-2018 (last publication in English for TCDD) |
|||
10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Time Scope: The hard copy of data is available since 1925 and the soft copy is available since 1998. Data Sources : Data obtained from the official records of General Directorate of State Railways. Method: Data obtained from the official records of instutions are compiled in magnetic form. |
|||
10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Consistency analyses of compiled statistics are done by comparing them with previous data and previous year data. |
|
|||
11.1. Quality assurance | |||
There are two data sources for Turkish railway transport statistics. Data related to railway infrastructure is compiled based on administrative records of General Directorate of Turkish State Railways (TCDD), while the other data is compiled by Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MoTi) Directorate General for Regulation of Transport Services. TCDD Corporate Resource Management Information system project studies are carried out in order to manage and execute the resources and activities of the organization effectively. |
|||
11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
Corporate Resource Management Information system project, reporting and evaluation of statistics can be made through administrative records created on the web. |
|
|||
12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
Thanks to detailed publication regarding Railway statistics on https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/en/, user needs are widely met. National and international questionaires are almost fully filled.
|
|||
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
User satisfaction surveys are conducted within the scope of the annual strategic plan from TCDD and MoTi. |
|||
12.3. Completeness | |||
Railways statistics are currently complete. |
|
|||
13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
No information available. |
|||
13.2. Sampling error | |||
Railways statistics are currently complete.
|
|||
13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
No information available. |
|
|||
14.1. Timeliness | |||
Railway statistics is dissaminated at t+6 month by the Turkish State Railways unde the Official Statistic Programme. For the Annex the time is t+5.
|
|||
14.2. Punctuality | |||
Much attention is paid to this issue. |
|
|||
15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
Railway statistics cover whole country and available in NUTS level, so it is coherent in terms of geographical aspect.
|
|||
15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
There are two data sources for Turkish railway transport statistics. Data related to railway infrastructure is compiled based on administrative records of General Directorate of Turkish State Railways, while the other data is compiled by Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Directorate General for Regulation of Transport Services. In consultation with relevant institutions, Turkstat revised the Annex E data for 2011-2023 and Annex C. For the reference years 2011-2023, stakeholder institutions managed to distingusih traffic of light rail system (banlieu) transportation from the total traffic. Number of passengers in national transportation were revised by excluding the traffic in metro, tram and light rail systems. Explanations about data for Marmaray, Başkentray, İzban and Gaziray are listed below;
After this revision, the break in the series that occurred in 2011 was revised. After 2023, metro, tram, light rail and banlieu data will not be included in national transportation data. |
|||
15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Mirror check results are taken into consideration and shared with MoTi and Turkish State Railways. There is no major inconsistency. |
|||
15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
Railway statistics are compared internally. It is coherent. |
|
|||
With the begining of liberalization of the railway sector in Turkey in freight transport, railway companies are no longer willing to share detailed statistics with Turkish State Railways. This situation is evaluated as a big problem in compliation of railway statistics with the current detail. TCDD Transportation Inc. carries passenger transportation, OMSAN Logistics and KORFEZ logistics carries freight transportation in railways.
|
|
|||
17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
For the statistics produced in the scope of rail data, revision is not foreseen in the current year. Any future revision shall be publicly announced. A revision study was conducted in March and April 2024 and passenger numbers were updated for the years 2011-2023.
|
|||
17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
When needed, data revision is performed by Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MoTi) Directorate General for Regulation of Transport Services. Turkstat monitors revisions. A revision work was done with MoTi after the official statistics program meeting. In consultation with relevant institutions, in 2023 and 2024 we revised the Annex E data for 2011-2023 and also Annec C. In consultation with relevant institutions, TurkStat revised the Annex E data for 2011-2023 and Annex C. For the reference years 2011-2023, stakeholder institutions managed to distingusih traffic of light rail system (banlieu) transportation from the total traffic. Number of passengers in national transportation were revised by excluding the traffic in metro, tram and light rail systems. Explanations about data for Marmaray, Başkentray, İzban and Gaziray are listed below;
After this revision, the break in the series that occurred in 2011 was revised. After 2023, metro, tram, light rail and banlieu data will not be included in national transportation data. |
|
|||
18.1. Source data | |||
There are two data sources for Turkish railway transport statistics. Data related to railway infrastructure is compiled based on administrative records of General Directorate of Turkish State Railways, while the other data is compiled by Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Directorate General for Regulation of Transport Services. |
|||
18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Annual for Türkiye. Annual, five yearly and quarterly for EuroStat. |
|||
18.3. Data collection | |||
Data obtained from the official records of instutions are compiled in magnetic form. |
|||
18.4. Data validation | |||
Consistency analyses of compiled statistics are done by comparing them with previous data. |
|||
18.5. Data compilation | |||
There are two data sources for Turkish railway transport statistics. Data related to railway infrastructure is compiled based on administrative records of General Directorate of Turkish State Railways, while the other data is compiled by Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Directorate General for Regulation of Transport Services. |
|||
18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicaple. |
|
|||
No further comment. |
|
|||
|
|||