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  4. Transport infrastructure

Transport infrastructure

Statistical activity code: 22026

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Economic and Environmental Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Rita Raudjärv

1.4. Contact person function

Leading Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

rita.raudjarv [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 9228

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

10/02/2023

2.2. Metadata last update

10/02/2023

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Length of transport routes, length of national roads by type of road cover, number of bridges and viaducts by type of road, railways in the railway traffic register

3.2. Classification system

Not used

3.3. Sector coverage

Transport routes

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Air route – fixed route to direct traffic flow of air traffic.

Automotive lockout – interval regulation system of rail traffic in case of which the section between stations is divided into block areas. The indications of the lights restricting the block areas change automatically and the lights transmit the respective signals to the trains according to the fact if the block area behind the indication of the light is free from the rolling stock or occupied with the rolling stock.

Basic road – a road that connects cities with one another and cities with main roads.

Crossing with automatic signal – supplied besides traffic signs with traffic lights, audible warning devices, barriers, a guard or any of them.

Crossing without automatic signal – supplied only with traffic signs.

Electrified railway – track provided with an overhead catenary or a conductor rail to permit electric traction.

Footpath and cycle track (local footpath and cycle track) – a structure constructed or adapted for pedestrian traffic exclusively, for both pedestrians and cyclists, or for cycle traffic exclusively.

Halt – stop-off point generally open to passenger traffic only and not usually staffed.

Inland waterway channel – the most suitable part of the inland waterway, which is published in navigation information and, if necessary, labelled in the wild (until 1994, navigable inland waters).

Level crossing – any level intersection between a road and a railway. (Road – for the purpose of rail statistics, any public or private road, street or highway, including footpaths and bicycle lane.) There are two types of level crossings: crossings with automatic signal and without automatic signal.

Main road – a highway that connects the capital with other major cities, these cities with one another, and the capital and other major cities with important ports, railway junctions and border crossing points.

Other road – other road not specified elsewhere.

Paved street – a street with an area for pedestrian traffic, and also with separately located footpaths and cycle tracks.

Public railway – the railway infrastructure of a railway enterprise, the use of which with regard to basic and extra services and fees, time and other conditions of use, is ensured without discrimition to all railway enterprises for the provision of rail transport services on the basis of and pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Railways Act.

Railway – a civil engineering works permanently attached to a plot of land, the essential parts of which are the track bed and the superstructure consisting of rails, switch blades, sleepers and ballast and supported by the track bed.

Railway station – a railway establishment which is either open or not to the public, generally staffed and which is designed for one or more of the following operations: formation, dispatch, reception and temporary stabling of trains; stabling and marshalling of rolling stock; boarding and alighting of passengers; generally, where open to public, providing facilities for the purchase of tickets; loading and unloading of goods.

Ramp and connecting road – a structure for traffic management and channeling of traffic flows in the junction area of roads which are grade separated or at the same grade.

Running track – a track providing end-to-end line continuity designed for trains between stations or places indicated in tariffs as independent points of departure or arrival for the conveyance of passengers or goods.

Secondary road – a road that connects cities with towns and small towns, towns and small towns with one another and all of these with main and basic roads.

Semi-automotive lockout – semi-automotive system of rail traffic, which enables to open the departure signal and send the train to the section between stations in case of electric block-signal “OK” received from the stationmaster of the neighboring station.

Total length of railway – all railways which are connected, directly or by way of other railways, to a network of railways designated for public use (hereinafter public railways), including railways which are necessary for entry into or departure from depots or railway repair workshops (depot sidings) and railways which only support transport.

Track – a pair of rails over which rail borne vehicles can run. Track gauge: distance between a pair of rails measured between the inside edges of the rail heads.

3.5. Statistical unit

National road, railway, navigable inland waterway, air route

3.6. Statistical population

Not applicable

FRAME

Not applicable

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

Transport routes 1990–…

Gas pipelines 2002–2016

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Length of transport routes – kilometre

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

United Nations (UN)

International Transport Forum (ITF)

International Road Federation (IRF)

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published

10.2. Publications

Not published

10.3. Online database

Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Economy / Transport / Transport infrastructure” in the following tables:

KVT02: Length of transport routes, 31 December

KVT022: Length of national road by type of pavement, 31 December

KVT026: Railways registered in the Estonian Railway Traffic Register, 31 December

10.4. Microdata access

Not applicable

10.5. Other

Not used

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Glossary for Transport Statistics (prepared by the Intersecretariat Working Group on Transport Statistics – Eurostat, ITF and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)

http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/main/wp6/pdfdocs/glossen4.pdf

10.7. Quality documentation

Quality analysis of the data of the national register of roads

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

In compliance with the rules (regulations)

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are published 120 days after the end of the reference year ( T+ 120).

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The data are internationally comparable, as defined in Eurostat/OECD/UNECE Common Questionnaire on transport.

15.2. Comparability - over time

Since 2017, the data by county are not published.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not applicable

15.4. Coherence - internal

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

16. Cost and burden

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, hours: 2

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

Raudtee ja veeremi olem 2

(data for 2022)

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.

17.2. Data revision - practice

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available within two years from the end of the reference period.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Data on railways of the national railway traffic register are received from the Estonian Technical Surveillance Authority. The data are collected with the official statistics questionnaire “Railways and rolling stock ”.

Data on national roads, inland waterways, and air routes are received from the Republic of Estonian Transport Administration.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

18.3. Data collection

Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). The questionnaires have been designed for independent completion in eSTAT and include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Questionnaires.

Data are collected with the official statistics annual questionnaire ?Railway and rolling stock ”.

The data of the Road Register are received from the Republic of Estonian Transport Administration via an FTP-server.

18.4. Data validation

The data are validated by the data administrator.

18.5. Data compilation

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculation of additional indicators.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applied

19. Comments

Since 2017, the national component (statistics by counties) of the statistical activity is reduced.

In 2018, data collection with the questionnaire ‟Gas pipelines” is discontinued.

Contacts

+372 625 9300
stat [at] stat.ee
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