Storage sidings / siding(s)

General definition: sidings are tracks branching off running tracks that are not part of any running line, on which vehicles are marshalled, stabled (to store locomotives and rolling stock), loaded, unloaded or serviced clear of a running line. The length of sidings is included in the length of tracks if the sidings are managed by the infrastructure manager, private sidings being excluded. EU Decision of 15 September 2011 on the common specifications of the register of railway infrastructure: ‘siding’ means any track which is not used for train service movements. DIRECTIVE 2012/34/EU (Recast): 'sidings specifically dedicated to temporary parking of railway vehicles between two assignments'.