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
| UK English/ other non-US English |
US English | German | Polish | Hungarian | French | Italian | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| aerial tramway | cable car | Pendelbahn | drótkötélpályás felvonó, felvonó |
téléphérique | |||
| aerial lift | aerial lift gondola lift |
Seilbahn | kábelvasút, kötélvasút | ||||
| chairlift | chairlift |
Vehicles
| UK English/ other non-US English |
US English | German | Polish | Hungarian | French | Italian | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| boxcar | teherkocsi, tehervagon |
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| flatcar | pőrekocsi | ||||||
| refrigerated van, refrigerated wagon |
refrigerator car, reefer |
hűtőkocsi, hűtővagon |
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| tank wagon, tanker wagon |
tank car | tartálykocsi | |||||
| railbus | Schienenautobus, Schienenbus |
autobus szynowy, szynobus |
sínautóbusz, sínbusz |
autocar sur rails |
autobus su rotaia |
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| Straßenbahnzug | villamosszerelvény | ||||||
| tramcar | streetcar, trolley car |
villamoskocsi | |||||
| tram engine | tramway (archaic) |
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| 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
- 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
References and notes
This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 14:53