Block train Railfreight service involving the haulage of an entire train composed of an indi- vidual customer’s wagons, all of which have the same point of origin and the same destination.
Infrastructure manager Company responsible for the operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the rail infrastructure.
Integrated rail Railway undertaking that is also a railway infrastructure operator.
Intermodal freight Haulage of freight by means of different transport modes without changing the cargo units used. A distinction is made between unaccompanied intermodal (or “combined”) freight and piggyback freight (also called “Rollende Landstrasse” in German-speaking countries).
Piggyback freight Synonym for “accompanied” combined (intermodal) freight: transportation of a truck, together with its driver, on a railfreight wagon.
Railway undertaking Rail company providing passenger or freight transport services.
Routes managed The lines managed by an infrastructure management company. They may not necessarily be owned by the operator but may be leased by the operator or managed on behalf of third parties.
Tonnage Volume of freight traffic. Total gross tonnes: overall weight of a freight train includ- ing locomotive(s). Gross tonnes: hauled tonnage, i. e. overall weight of the train without locomo- tive(s). Net tonnes: actual payload of a freight train. Net-net tonnes: weight of the transported goods in unaccompanied intermodal transport, excluding the tare weight of the containers, swap bodies or semi-trailers.
Traffic performance The transport service obtained by the customer, i.e. the volume trans- ported multiplied by the distance travelled. This is measured in passenger-kilometres in the passenger segment, in tonne-kilometres in the freight segment, and in train-path kilometres in the infrastructure business.
Traffic volume In the passenger segment, traffic volume relates to the number of passenger jour- neys while in the freight segment it corresponds to the tonnage transported (net tonne) and in the infrastructure segment it relates to the number of trains travelling on the network.
Train path Entitlement to run a train on the infrastructure to a defined place and at a defined time; “timetable slot”.
Transport services provided Services provided by the infrastructure management company or train operator in the fields of infrastructure or transport respectively.
Wagonload freight Freight service in which individual wagons are joined together by the railway company to form trains which are then hauled over longer distances. The various wagons may have different points of origin and different destinations.
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Bkm Bus-kilometre. Unit of measurement expressing the performance of a bus from the transport operator’s point of view. One bus- kilometre corresponds to a journey made by a bus over a distance of one kilometre.
CHF Swiss franc.
Diesel equivalent Energy content of one litre of diesel (see “petrol equivalent”).
Employee Person employed by a company, regardless of whether full-time or part-time.
FTE Full-time equivalent. Measure of a com- pany’s human resources. One FTE corresponds to one person in full-time employment for one year.
GWh Gigawatt-hour.
ha Hectare.
l Litre.
Net tonne Unit of measurement for the pay- load of a freight train, i.e. the weight of the cargo accepted from the customer.
Net tonne-km Unit of measurement for volume of freight ser vices required; only takes ac- count of the weight of the cargo. One net tonne- kilometre corresponds to the shipment of one net tonne of freight over a distance of one kilometre.
Petrol equivalent Energy content of one litre of petrol: this unit of measurement enables the energy consumption of various types of traction to be compared with each other.
PJ Passenger-journey. Standard measure for the volume of passenger services required. One passenger-journey denotes the journey made by a person from his or her starting point on the transport company’s network to his or her destination in that network. The number of passenger-journeys stated in the company statistics here are consolidated at group level.
Pkm Passenger-kilometre. Standard measure for the performance of passenger services. One passenger-kilometre denotes the distance of one kilometre travelled by one person.
Seat-km offered Unit expressing the number of seats offered by a transport company. One seat-kilometre offered denotes that one pas- senger seat in one train or bus is available for the carriage of a person over one kilometre.
Train-km Unit of measurement expressing the performance of a train from the railway com- pany’s point of view. One train-kilometre corre- sponds to a journey made by a train over a distance of one kilometre.
Train-path km Standard measure for the service required by the railway companies in terms of network access, from the viewpoint of the railway infrastructure manager. A train-path kilometre corresponds to a train’s use of the rail infrastructure over a distance of one kilometre.
Vehicle km Vehicle kilometres. Unit of measure- ment for the operating performance of a train or bus from the transport operator’s point of view. A vehicle kilometre corresponds to a distance of one kilometre travelled by a train or bus.
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