ERA Railway Terminology Collection

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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ERA Railway Terminology Collection is a consultation tool, developed to support the sharing of information through the actors involved in running the Single European Railway Area (SERA). The responsibility for the correctness, completeness, accuracy, or reliability of the information in ERA RTC lays upon the authors of the definitions, as they derive from reference documents having their own preparation and approval flow. Users cannot call ERA liable for the use they make of the content. Please consider that when the collection is exported (.csv) and then printed or converted, it becomes uncontrolled.
Term	Context	Document Type	Origin document
Rail mounted machine	International Standard	ISO	ISO/DIS 22575(en) Railway applications — General terms and definitions
Rail Net Europe (RNE)	Infrastructure	Glossary	European Rail Infrastructure Managers
Rail pad	Infrastructure	TSI	Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 of 18 November 2014 on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to the ‘infrastructure’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union
Rail passenger	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail passenger	EU Policy	Regulation	Regulation (EU) 2018/643 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on rail transport statistics
Rail passenger disembarked	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail passenger embarked	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail passenger journey	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail passenger-kilometre (pkm)	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail return current	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)
Rail Standardisation Coordination Platform for Europe (RASCOP)	Infrastructure	Glossary	European Rail Infrastructure Managers
Rail system	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
Rail track gauge	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail transit	EU Policy	Glossary	Eurostat Transport Glossary on web
Rail transit	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail transport undertaking or Railway undertaking	International Relations	COTIF Document	Uniform Rules concerning the Technical Admission of Railway Material used in International Traffic (ATMF - Appendix G to the Convention) version of 01.11.2023
Rail van	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail wagon for intermodal transport	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Rail-related service	SERA_EU Transport	Regulation	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2177 of 22 November 2017 on access to service facilities and rail-related services
Rail-related services and facilities rail-related services	RNE Glossary	Glossary	RNE Glossary - NS_CID_Glossary_2023

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