Wagon for intermodal transport

Wagon specially built or equipped for the transport of ITUs (see G.II-01). Types of wagons are: - pocket wagon: rail wagon with a recessed pocket to accept the axle/wheel assembly of a semi-trailer; - basket wagon: rail wagon with a demountable subframe, fitted with devices for vertical handling to allow the loading and unloading of semi-trailers or road motor vehicles; - spine wagon: rail wagon with a central chassis designed to carry a semi-trailer; - low-floor wagon: rail wagon with a low loading platform built to carry, inter alia, ITUs; - rolling-road wagon: rail wagon with low floor throughout which, when coupled together, form a rolling-road; - double-stack wagon: rail wagon designed for the transport of containers - stacked on top of each other; - bimodal semi-trailer: a road semi-trailer that can be converted into a rail wagon by the addition of rail bogies. Also referred to as ‘intermodal car’.