Railway and tramway terminology in Europe
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The following tables list railway and tramway terminology as used in different European languages. Included are English, German, Polish, Hungarian, French and Italian.
Types of rail/cable transport service
[edit]UK English/ other non-US English | US English | German | Polish | Hungarian | French | Italian | Description |
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railway | railroad | Eisenbahn | kolej | vasút, vaspálya (archaic) | chemin de fer | ferrovia | transport on rails |
mountain railway | mountain railroad | Gebirgsbahn | kolej górska | hegyi vasút | railways on mountainous terrain | ||
rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway | rack railroad | Zahnradbahn | fogaskerekű vasút | ferrovia a cremagliera | railways assisted by a rack-and-pinion system | ||
cable railway | cable railroad | ||||||
funicular, cliff railway | funicular | Standseilbahn | funikular | siklóvasút, sikló | funiculaire | funicolare | |
tram, tramway | streetcar, trolley | Straßenbahn, Trambahn | tramwaj | villamos, tramway (archaic) | tramway, tram | tram | urban railways |
underground, tube, metro | subway, metro | U-bahn, Untergrundbahn, Metro | metro | metró, földalatti vasút (archaic) | métro | metropolitana | underground rail rapid transit |
S-bahn | gyorsvillamos | overground rail rapid transit | |||||
Tram-Train | |||||||
regional railway | helyi érdekű vasút, HÉV | ||||||
aerial tramway | cable car | Pendelbahn | drótkötélpályás felvonó, felvonó | téléphérique | |||
aerial lift | aerial lift gondola lift | Seilbahn | kábelvasút, kötélvasút | ||||
chairlift | chairlift |
Vehicles
[edit]UK English/ other non-US English | US English | German | Polish | Hungarian | French | Italian | Description |
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train | train | Zug | pociąg | vonat | train | treno | group of coupled railway vehicles |
formation, rake,[a] set,[b] unit[c] | consist, trainset | vonat- összeállítás | specific grouping (configuration) of coupled railway vehicles | ||||
Rollmaterial | vasúti jármű | railway vehicle | |||||
Triebfahrzeug (Tfz.) | vasúti vontatójármű | powered railway vehicle | |||||
locomotive (loco), engine | locomotive (loco), engine | Lokomotive (Lok) | lokomotywa | mozdony, lokomotív (archaic) | locomotive | locomotiva | powered railway vehicle without a passenger compartment |
A unit, mother | multiple unit locomotive capable of controlling (and powering) a B unit or a slug | ||||||
B unit, booster unit, cabless, slave | cabless multiple unit locomotive capable of being controlled by an A unit | ||||||
slug | cabless, remotely powered multiple unit railway vehicle capable of being powered and controlled by an A unit | ||||||
shunter (UK/AU), shunting engine, yard pilot (AU) | switcher, switch engine, yard goat | tolatómozdony | locomotive intended for moving other rolling stock (shunting) on railway shunting yards | ||||
road switcher | locomotive intended both for moving other rolling stock (shunting) on railway shunting yards and for acting as a regular locomotive outside shunting yards | ||||||
multiple unit (MU) | multiple unit (MU) | railway vehicle capable of controlling (and powering) another railway vehicle | |||||
power car | power car | Triebkopf | hajtófej | ||||
trainset | Triebzug | motorvonat | |||||
motor coach, railcar/railmotor (non-pulling vehicle) | motorcar, railmotor, motor, box motor, doodlebug (non-pulling vehicle) | Triebwagen | motorkocsi | autorail | automotrice | powered railway vehicle with a passenger compartment | |
Gepäcktriebwagen | poggyászmotorkocsi | motor coach with a luggage compartment | |||||
control car, control trailer, driving trailer, driving van trailer (DVT) | cab car | Steuerwagen | wagon sterowniczy, wagon rozrządczy | vezérlőkocsi | |||
generator car, generator van | head end power car (HEP car), power car | fűtőkocsi | |||||
brake van, guard's van | caboose | fékezőkocsi | |||||
travelling post office (TPO) | railway post office (RPO) | postakocsi | |||||
railway carriage | railroad car, railcar | vasúti kocsi | |||||
railway coach, railway car | passenger car | személykocsi | |||||
goods wagon, freight wagon | goods car, freight car | teherkocsi, tehervagon, vagon | |||||
boxcar | teherkocsi, tehervagon | ||||||
flatcar | pőrekocsi | ||||||
refrigerated van, refrigerated wagon | refrigerator car, reefer | hűtőkocsi, hűtővagon | |||||
tank wagon, tanker wagon | tank car | tartálykocsi | |||||
railbus | Schienenautobus, Schienenbus | autobus szynowy, szynobus | sínautóbusz, sínbusz | autocar sur rails | autobus su rotaia | ||
Straßenbahnzug | villamosszerelvény | ||||||
tramcar | streetcar, trolley car | villamoskocsi | |||||
tram engine | tramway (archaic) | ||||||
underground car | subway car | metrókocsi | |||||
articulated motor coach | Gelenktriebwagen | csuklós motorkocsi | articulated motor coach | ||||
trailer | Beiwagen, Anhanger | pótkocsi, pót | unpowered, towed tram vehicle | ||||
Triebbeiwagen, geführter Triebwagen | motorpótkocsi, motorpót |
See also
[edit]- Glossary of rail transport terms
- Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms
- Glossary of North American railway terms
- Glossary of Australian railway terms
- Glossary of New Zealand railway terms
- Passenger rail terminology