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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Term	Context	Document Type	Origin document
WAG	Interoperability	Application Guide	Application_guide GUI/TSI/2023 Version 1.0 20/12/2023Guide for the application of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs)
Wagon	International Relations	Convention	Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Appendix C – Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID)
Wagon	Freight	Directive	Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods
Wagon	International Relations	COTIF Document	Uniform Rules concerning the Validation of Technical Standards and the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions applicable to Railway Material intended to be used in International Traffic (APTU - Appendix F to the Convention) applicable from 01.03.2019 (corrected 31.07.2019)
Wagon	International Standard	ISO	ISO/DIS 22575(en) Railway applications — General terms and definitions
Wagon (WAG) TSI	Operation	TSI	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 of 16 May 2019 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the operation and traffic management subsystem of the rail system within the European Union and repealing Decision 2012/757/EU
Wagon Compatibility Code (WCC)	Freight	ERA Technical Document	Codification of lines and wagons for combined transport and associated operational procedures Technical document : ERA/TD/2023-01/CCT - Version : 1.1 on 21 March 2023
Wagon Correction Digit (WCD)	Freight	ERA Technical Document	Codification of lines and wagons for combined transport and associated operational procedures Technical document : ERA/TD/2023-01/CCT - Version : 1.1 on 21 March 2023
Wagon Correction Digit (WCD)	Freight	TSI	Commission Regulation (EU) No 321/2013 of 13 March 2013 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — freight wagons’ of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Decision 2006/861/EC
Wagon for intermodal transport	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Wagon in running order (operating term)	Freight	Agreement	General Contract of Use for wagons (CGU)
Wagon keeper	Freight	Agreement	General Contract of Use for wagons (CGU)
Wagon load	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
Wagon Note	Freight	Agreement	General Contract of Use for wagons (CGU)
Wagon Tare	Freight	Agreement	General Contract of Use for wagons (CGU)
Wagon-kilometre	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Waiting Area	Persons with Reduced Mobility	Application Guide	Guide for the appllication of PRM TSI - pplication Guide - GUI/PRM TSI/2023 - vers. 2.0 of 08.12.2023
Warning	ERTMS	Technical Document	ERTMS/ETCS - Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations - version : 4.0.0 - date 05/07/2023
Warning sign	International Standard	ISO	ISO 3864-1:2011(en) Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings
Waste water disposal systems	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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