Statistics on the transport of goods and passengers by rail are necessary to enable the Commission to monitor and develop the common transport policy, as well as the transport elements of policies relating to the regions and to trans-European networks.
Tá gá le staidreamh i ndáil le hiompar earraí agus paisinéirí d'iarnród ionas go bhféadfaidh an Coimisiún faireachán a dhéanamh ar an gcomhbheartas iompair agus é a fhorbairt, mar aon le gnéithe iompair na mbeartas a bhaineann leis na réigiúin agus leis na gréasáin tras-Eorpacha.