ERA Railway Terminology Collection
Last updated: 5 December 2025.
The ERA Railway Terminology Collection gathers terms and abbreviations that are contained in the EU legal framework for railway, technical documents produced by bodies which are engaged in the development of important evolution in the railway system and other relevant glossaries.
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| Term | Context | Document Type | Origin document | |
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RNE Glossary |
Glossary |
RNE Glossary - NS_CID_Glossary_2025 |
Latest release |
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EU Policy |
Glossary |
Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019 |
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International Relations |
Convention |
Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Appendix C – Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) |
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RNE Glossary |
Glossary |
RNE Glossary - NS_CID_Glossary_2025 |
Latest release |
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Telematics Applications for Freight |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 of 11 December 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the telematics applications for freight subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and repealing the Regulation (EC) No 62/2006 |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 22163:2023(en) Railway applications — Railway quality management system — ISO 9001:2015 and specific requirements for application in the railway sector |
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Telematics Applications for Passenger |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 of 5 May 2011 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘telematics applications for passenger services’ of the trans-European rail system |
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RNE Glossary |
Glossary |
RNE Glossary - NS_CID_Glossary_2025 |
Latest release |
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Telematics Applications for Freight |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 of 11 December 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the telematics applications for freight subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and repealing the Regulation (EC) No 62/2006 |
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Interoperability |
Decision |
Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 on the reference document referred to in Article 27(4) of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community. (2009/965/EC) |
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International Standard |
EU Technical Document |
CEN CENELEC ABBRAVIATION ACRONYM 2025 |
Latest release |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO/IEC 10026-1:1998(en) Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Distributed Transaction Processing — Part 1: OSI TP Model |
Latest release |
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Noise |
Directive |
Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise |
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ERTMS |
Directive |
Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC |
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Harmonic characteristics and related overvoltages on the overhead contact line |
Interoperability |
Decision |
Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 on the reference document referred to in Article 27(4) of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community. (2009/965/EC) |
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Freight |
Glossary |
Transport of dangerous goods. Risks Management Framework. Framework glossary v. 1.0/2018 |
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Interoperability |
Directive |
Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (recast) |
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Single Market Mutual Recognition Conformity Assessment |
Decision |
2010/713/EU: Commission Decision of 9 November 2010 on modules for the procedures for assessment of conformity, suitability for use and EC verification to be used in the technical specifications for interoperability adopted under Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council |
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Single Market Mutual Recognition Conformity Assessment |
Decision |
Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Council Decision 93/465/EEC |
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Vehicles / VA |
Application Guide |
Application Guide for the European register of authorised types of railway vehicles (ERATV) - v.5.7 on09.04.2025 |
Latest release |