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RAIL TRANSPORT

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Definition:
Any movement of goods and/or passengers using a railway vehicle on a given railway network.

Context:
When a railway vehicle is being carried on another rail vehicle only the movement of the carrying vehicle (active mode) is being considered.

Source Publication:
Glossary for Transport Statistics, prepared by the Intersecretariat Working Group on Transport Statistics – Eurostat, European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Statistical Theme: Transport statistics

Created on Sunday, June 16, 2002