European Union Agency for Railways

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

NL

International Standard

ISO

ISO 3166 (en) - Online Browsing Platform (OBP) Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country code

NLF

Withdrawn

Glossary

Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System Glossary

NMC

Withdrawn

Glossary

Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System Glossary

NMS

Withdrawn

Glossary

Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System Glossary

NMVOC

EU Policy

Glossary

Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019

NN

Withdrawn

Glossary

Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System Glossary

NNTR

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

NNTR

Withdrawn

Guide

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

NO

International Standard

ISO

ISO 3166 (en) - Online Browsing Platform (OBP) Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country code

No GSMR coverage

Infrastructure

Regulation

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/777 of 16 May 2019 on the common specifications for the register of railway infrastructure and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/880/EU

No power mode

ERTMS

Technical Document

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

NoBo

Withdrawn

Decision

2007/756/EC: Commission Decision of 9 November 2007 adopting a common specification of the national vehicle register provided for under Articles 14(4) and (5) of Directives 96/48/EC and 2001/16/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 5357)

NoBO

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

NoBo

Withdrawn

Guide

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

NoBo

Withdrawn

Guide

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

NoBo

Withdrawn

Guide

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

NoBo

Interoperability

Guide

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

NoBo

Vehicles / VA

Guide

GUI/LOC&PAS TSI/2021 - version 3.0 on 15/02/2021 Guide for the application of the LOC&PAS TSI (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 and amended by the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/776) In accordance with Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016

NoBo

Entity in Charge of Maintenance

Guide

Guidance on ECM Certification process Guide for the application of Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2019/779 on a system of certification of entities in charge of maintenance for vehicles. Verion 9.0 on 01/03/2021

NoBo

Infrastructure

Guide

Guide for the application of the INF TSI GUI/INF TSI/2023 - Version 4.0 of 20/12/2023