ERA Railway Terminology Collection
Last updated: 5 December 2025.
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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Starting with "U" (165)
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International Relations |
Convention |
Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Appendix C – Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) |
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EU Policy |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) |
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Interoperability |
Regulation |
Regulation EU) 2024/903 of the European Parliament and of the Concil of 13 March 2024 laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union. |
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Single Market Mutual Recognition Conformity Assessment |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on general product safety, amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and the Council, and repealing Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 87/357/EEC |
Latest release |
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ERTMS |
Directive |
Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC |
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EU Policy |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) |
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Data Protection |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC |
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Vehicles / VA |
Application Guide |
Guidelines for the practical arrangements for the vehicle authorisation process - v. 2.1 on 14/02/2024 |
Latest release |
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Interoperability |
Directive |
Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (recast) |
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Safety / SSC-SA |
Directive |
Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (recast) |
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EU Policy |
Decision |
Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121 of 6 July 2020 on records management and archives |
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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 |
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ERTMS |
Glossary |
ERTMS Glossary |
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ERTMS |
Technical Document |
ERTMS/ETCS - Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations - version : 4.0.0 - date 05/07/2023 |
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Control-Command and Signalling |
Application Guide |
GUI/CCS TSI/2023 Version 1.0 17/06/2024 Guide for the application of the CCS TSI 2023/1695 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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Freight |
Glossary |
Handbook of scenarios for assessing major chemical accident risks JRC106029 - Ed. 2017 |
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Vehicles / VA |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock — locomotives and passenger rolling stock subsystem of the rail system in the European Union |
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Noise |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock — locomotives and passenger rolling stock subsystem of the rail system in the European Union |
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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 |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 3381:2021(en) Railway applications — Acoustics — Noise measurement inside railbound vehicles |
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