Public transport stop counts aggregated by NUTS classification levels 0 through 3. The data covers three European countries and includes bus, rail, metro, tram, trolleybus, and communal taxi stops. Eurostat produced this experimental dataset from a snapshot taken on 11 April 2024.
Use Cases
- Compare public transport accessibility between NUTS 3 regions based on stop counts.
- Analyze the modal mix of public transport infrastructure within a country.
- Assess the granularity of transport data available for cross-country comparisons.
- Map public transport stop density for urban and rural planning purposes.
Strengths
- Data is disaggregated by NUTS classification levels 0, 1, 2, and 3.
- Covers multiple transport modes: bus, rail, metro, tram, trolleybus, and communal taxis.
- Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open reuse.
Limitations
- Coverage is limited to only three countries: Sweden, Lithuania, and Luxembourg.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Eurostat
- Collection Method
- Data retrieved on 11 April 2024; specific collection methodology not detailed.
- Time Range
- Snapshot from 11 April 2024.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-02-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Sweden, Lithuania, Luxembourg.