Railway Undertaking (RU)
Railway Undertaking (RU)
Railway undertaking (Directive (EU) 2016/798): means railway undertaking as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2012/34/EU, and any other public or private undertaking, the activity of which is to provide transport of goods and/or passengers by rail on the basis that the undertaking must ensure traction; this also includes undertakings which provide traction only.
A RU can assume the roles Lead RU and/or Responsible Applicant and/or Responsible RU