Railway applications - General terms and definitions
This document provides terms and definitions for rail networks and rail vehicles guided by track and wheels, both made of steel and/ or other materials.This includes heavy rail and urban rail systems.This document is applicable as a reference for future European Standards and the revision of existing standards and represents a set of general technical terms and definitions.This document does not apply to specific applications such as:- track construction and maintenance machines not travelling on rails - road-rail machines when not travelling on rails - magnetic levitation transport networks and vehicles - guided busways and guided busses - non-public rail networks and vehicles, e.g. mine rail systems - rail networks and vehicles exclusively for leisure, historical and tourist purposes, e.g. mountain-, field-, park-, cable rail systems, funiculars and theme park rides - trolley busses.Not in the scope are terms and definitions related to:- control command and signalling,- operation,- geographical aspects.
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