development of the railway infrastructuremeans network planning, financial and investment planning as well as the building and upgrading of the infrastructure;
high speed passenger servicesmeans passenger rail services operated without intermediate stops between two places separated at least by a distance of more than 200 km on specially-built high-speed lines equipped for speeds generally equal or greater than 250 km/h and running on average at those speeds.
infrastructure managermeans any body or firm responsible for the operation, maintenance and renewal of railway infrastructure on a network, as well as responsible for participating in its development as determined by the Member State within the framework of its general policy on development and financing of infrastructure;’;
maintenance of the railway infrastructuremeans works intended to maintain the condition and capability of existing infrastructure;
management boardmeans the senior body of an undertaking performing executive and administrative functions, which is responsible and accountable for day-to-day management of the undertaking;
operation of the railway infrastructuremeans train path allocation, traffic management and infrastructure charging;
public private partnershipmeans a binding arrangement between public bodies and one or more undertakings other than the main infrastructure manager of a Member State, under which the undertakings partially or totally construct and/or fund railway infrastructure, and/or acquire the right to exercise any of the functions listed in point (2) for a predefined period of time.
renewal of the railway infrastructuremeans major substitution works on the existing infrastructure which do not change its overall performance;
supervisory boardmeans the most senior body of an undertaking that fulfils supervisory tasks, including the exercise of control over the management board and general strategic decisions regarding the undertaking;
through ticketmeans a ticket or tickets representing a transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings;
upgrade of the railway infrastructuremeans major modification works to the infrastructure which improve its overall performance;
vertically integrated undertakingmeans an undertaking where, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004: It also means an undertaking consisting of distinct divisions, including an infrastructure manager and one or several divisions providing transport services that do not have a distinct legal personality.