Eurostat collects rail transport statistics by two means: 1. Voluntary data collection. Data are collected using the Common Questionnaire of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Eurostat and the International Transport Forum (ITF). Full details are set out in another document (see link in Annexes section, at the bottom of the page). The following Eurostat dissemination tables are based on this data collection: all tables in subsection: Railway transport infrastructure (rail_if) all tables in subsection: Railway transport equipment (rail_eq) all tables in subsection: Railway transport - enterprises, economic performance and employment (rail_ec) all tables in subsection: Railway traffic (rail_tf) but table Train movements (rail_tf_trainmv) table Railway transport - Number of victims by type of injury (rail_ac_inj) in subsection Railway transport - Accidents (rail_ac) Additionally, one table in the regional transport section is based on a different voluntary data collection (REGWeb questionnaire) and contains information on railway infrastructure (length of railway lines - total, electrified and with double or more tracks) by NUTS 2 regions. 2. Mandatory data collection based on the legal act. Data collection on goods and passenger transport is based on Regulation EU 2018 643 , recast of the Regulation (EU) 2016 2032 which entered into force at the end of 2016. this regulation amended the Regulation EC 91 2003 which was in force from the beginning of 2003.The freight data from 1982 until 2002 are based on Directive 80 1177 EEC. Compared to the Directive, Regulation 91 2003 covered the transport of passengers and goods and statistics on accidents in addition . A detailed description of the source of each dissemination table can be found in the section at the bottom of this page.