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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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The European Union Agency for Railways’ Railway Terminology Collection is a collection of existing terms aiming at supporting the sharing of information and harmonisation of terms in t he Single European Railway Area (SERA). It was created to facilitate the work of the Union institutions, representative bodies and national authorities. The terms and definitions contained within is meant purely as a documentation tool and have no legal effect. Where available, the Agency strives to provide a link to official texts with legal effect. The European Union Agency for Railways does not assume any liability for RTC’s contents. Only documents published in official sources (such as in the EU Official Journal or in sources of standardisation bodies) must be referenced to ensure conformity to the rules therein. The European Union Agency for Railways is not obliged to keep the RTC updated and cannot guarantee that the terms in the RTC are up to date. The terms and definitions in the RTC are drawn from different sources and may be subject to copyright and intellectual property rights of their respective authors and other third parties. Most documents owned by the European Union are freely available, many of them under Creative Commons licenses, and can be downloaded and reproduced provided the source is acknowledged, however, please check their respective copyright notices. Please, also see Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents. EUR-Lex metadata is dedicated to the public domain in accordance with the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication deed.
Term Context Document Type Origin document

Death (killed person)

Safety / SSC-SA

Directive

Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (recast)

DeBo

Withdrawn

Guide

GUI/CCS TSI/2020 - version 7.3 on 09/01/2023 Guide for the application of the CCS TSI In accordance with Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016

DeBo

Withdrawn

Guide

GUI/WAG TSI/2021 - version 3.0 on 15/02/2021 Guide for the application of the WAG TSI

DeBo

Withdrawn

Guide

Guide for the application of the NOI TSI - GUI/NOI TSI/2023 -versoion 2.0 – 8/12/2023

DeBo

Withdrawn

Guide

Guide for the application of the SRT TSI pplication Guide GUI/SRT TSI/2023 - ver. 1.0 of 08.12.2023

DeBo

Interoperability

Guide

application_guide GUI/TSI/2023 - Version 1.0 20/12/2023

Deceleration data

ERTMS

Technical Document

ERTMS/ETCS - Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations - version : 4.0.0 - date 05/07/2023

Decision-making

Freight

Glossary

Transport of dangerous goods. Risks Management Framework. Framework glossary v. 1.0/2018

Decision-making criteria

Freight

Glossary

Transport of dangerous goods. Risks Management Framework. Framework glossary v. 1.0/2018

Decision-making indicators

Freight

Glossary

Transport of dangerous goods. Risks Management Framework. Framework glossary v. 1.0/2018

Decision-making principle

Freight

Glossary

Transport of dangerous goods. Risks Management Framework. Framework glossary v. 1.0/2018

Declaration of conformity to an authorised vehicle type

Conformity Assessment

Regulation

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/250 of 12 February 2019 on the templates for EC declarations and certificates for railway interoperability constituents and subsystems, on the model of declaration of conformity to an authorised railway vehicle type and on the EC verification procedures for subsystems in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 201/2011

Decommitment

EU Policy

Regulation

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation

Decomposition

Freight

Glossary

Handbook of scenarios for assessing major chemical accident risks JRC106029 - Ed. 2017

Decryption

Withdrawn

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

Decryption

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

DECT

EU Policy

EU Technical Document

Technical document from the Publications Office of the European Union - ‘Style guide’ Coordination Interinstitutional Style Guide - Annex 4

Dedicated capacity

RNE Glossary

Glossary

RNE Glossary - NS_CID_Glossary_2023

Dedicated high-speed railway line

EU Policy

Glossary

Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019

Dedicated line

RNE Glossary

Glossary

RNE Glossary - NS_CID_Glossary_2023