- full train load
means any consignment comprising one or more wagonloads transported at the same time by the same sender at the same station and forwarded with no change in train composition to the address of the same consignee at the same destination station;
- full wagon load
means any consignment of goods for which the exclusive use of a wagon is required, whether or not the total loading capacity is utilised;
- High speed
refers to the comparison with trams and light rail, and means here approximately 30 to 40 km/h on shorter distances, 40 to 70 km/h on longer distances;
- international transport
means rail transport between a place (of loading/embarkation or unloading/disembarkation) in the reporting country and a place (of loading/embarkation or unloading/disembarkation) in another country;
- light rail
means a railway for the transport of passengers that often uses electrically powered rail-borne cars operating singly or in short trains on fixed duo-rail lines.
- national authorities
means national statistical institutes and other bodies responsible in each Member State for producing European statistics;
- national transport
means rail transport between two places (a place of loading/embarkation and a place of unloading/disembarkation) located in the reporting country.
- number of passengers
means the number of trips by rail passengers, where each trip is defined as the movement from the place of embarkation to the place of disembarkation, with or without transfers from one rail vehicle to another.
- passenger-km
means the unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one kilometre.
- rail passenger
means any person, excluding members of the train crew, who makes a trip by rail.
- railway
means a line of communication made up by rail exclusively for the use of railway vehicles;
- railway undertaking
means any public or private undertaking which provides services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail.
- railway vehicle
means mobile equipment running exclusively on rails, moving either under its own power (tractive vehicles) or hauled by another vehicle (coaches, railcar trailers, vans and wagons);
- reporting country
means the Member State transmitting data to Eurostat;
- tonne-km
means the unit of measure of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne (1000 kilograms) of goods by rail over a distance of one kilometre.
- train
means one or more railway vehicles hauled by one or more locomotives or railcars, or one railcar travelling alone, running under a given number or specific designation from an initial fixed point to a terminal fixed point.
- train-km
means the unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre.
- tram (streetcar)
means a passenger road vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver), which is connected to electric conductors or powered by diesel engine and which is rail-borne;
- transit
means rail transport through the reporting country between two places (a place of loading/embarkation and a place of unloading/disembarkation) outside the reporting country.
- transport of goods by rail
means the movement of goods using railway vehicles between the place of loading and the place of unloading;
- transport of passengers by rail
means the movement of passengers using railway vehicles between the place of embarkation and the place of disembarkation.
- weight
means the quantity of goods in tonnes (1000 kilograms).