Length of railway network

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LENGTH OF RAILWAY NETWORK AS OF 31.12.2023
Statistical zones, statistical regions and districts	2023
	Total length of running tracks	of which
	Total length of running tracks	Double railway lines	Electrified railway lines
Total	4 029	995	3 001
North and South-East Bulgaria	2 387	711	1 851
North-West region	649	191	444
Vidin	108	-	93
Vratsa	112	66	112
Lovech	108	9	9
Montana	114	-	114
Pleven	207	116	116
North Central region	626	89	431
Veliko Tarnovo	235	82	159
Gabrovo	74	-	74
Razgrad	92	7	49
Ruse	155	-	149
Silistra	70	-	-
North-East region	486	246	372
Varna	199	114	157
Dobrich	60	-	-
Targovishte	72	72	72
Shumen	155	60	143
South-East region	626	185	604
Burgas	178	116	162
Sliven	134	8	134
Stara Zagora	261	31	261
Yambol	53	30	47
South-West and South Central Bulgaria	1 642	284	1 150
South-West region	860	168	658
Blagoevgrad	161	-	104
Kyustendil	121	-	64
Pernik	116	8	83
Sofia	295	104	253
Sofia cap.	167	56	154
South Central region	782	116	492
Kardzhali	67	-	-
Pazardzhik	185	57	57
Plovdiv	324	59	285
Smolyan	-	-	-
Haskovo	206	-	150

28.05.2024

Методология

Railway transport - Length of railway network
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	[email protected]
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	The railway network includes all rail lines in the country, which are used by the railway vehicles for execution of transport of goods and passengers between stations or places, marked as single points for arrival or departure. The lines of the urban railway transport (tram and metro) are excluded.
Classification system	Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria - NUTS.
Sector coverage	Covers the length of the railway lines by type and region.
Statistical concepts and definitions	According to Glossary for transport statistics ? Geneva which provides data comparability at European level.
Statistical unit	Data source is NC "Railway infrastructure"
Statistical population	All railway lines, incl. platform tracks on national territory.
Reference area	National territory by regions
Time coverage	Since 2000
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
Kilometres
Reference period
Year
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008.
Data sharing	Common questionnaire of Eurostat, UN and ITF.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	Data on railway infrastructure total for the country and by regions are not individual data and for that they are not confidential.
Confidentiality - data treatment	Data on railway infrastructure total for the country and by regions are not individual data and for that they are not confidential.
Release policy
Release calendar	Data are published according to the deadlines set in the National statistical program and the Release calendar.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://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
Annually
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Not applicable.
Publications	· Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · ?Bulgaria? (brochure).
On-line database	Data on length of railway network are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Transport and Communications - Other annual data -Transport - Railway transport: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7191
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 control and validation of the data.
Quality assessment	Not applicable.
Relevance
User needs	Different organizations and specialized in the sector enterprises.
User satisfaction	Not applicable.
Completeness	Full coverage.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	According to the set deadlines.
Punctuality	According to the set deadlines.
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	Source of data is NC "Railway infrastructure"
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	The survey is exhaustive.
Data validation	By necessity validation checks of transmitted data series are made.
Data compilation	Aggregated data are received from NC "Railway infrastructure".
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Comment
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