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
Railway location of Operational point	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
Railway enterprise	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway enterprise-owned wagon	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway infrastructure	International Relations	Convention	Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Appendix C – Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID)
Railway infrastructure	SERA_EU Transport	Directive	Directive 2012/34/EU of the Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast)
Railway Infrastructure	International Relations	COTIF Document	Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of Use of Infrastructure in International Rail Traffic (CUI - Appendix E to the Convention) applicable fron 01.07.2015
Railway infrastructure manager	International Relations	Convention	Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Appendix C – Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID)
Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee (RISC)	Infrastructure	Glossary	European Rail Infrastructure Managers
Railway line	EU Policy	Glossary	Eurostat Transport Glossary
Railway line	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway location of structures requiring specific checks	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
Railway network	EU Policy	Glossary	Eurostat Transport Glossary
Railway system	Human and Organisational Factor	Directive	Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community
Railway traffic	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway traffic on national territory	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway transport	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway transport operator/railway undertaking	EU Policy	Glossary	Glossary for transport statistics - 5TH EDITION 2019
Railway tunnel	Railway Tunnels	TSI	Commission Regulation (EU) No 1303/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to ‘safety in railway_tunnels’ of the rail system of the Europea
Railway Undertaking	Operation	Guide	GUI/TSI OPE/2019 - version 3.00 of 16/06/2019 Guide for the application of the TSI OPE In accordance with Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016
Railway Undertaking	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

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Sectorial Scheme
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Telematics Applications for Freight
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