| "Basic Interval" timetable |
The sequence of trains with identical characteristics, running at constant intervals up to two hours. |
| Capacity |
The potential to schedule train paths requested for an element of infrastructure for a certain period; in toher words it is the total of the train-paths, constituing the global potentiality of use of certain parts of railway infrastructure. |
| Capacity allocation |
The allocation of infrastructure railway capacity by the entrusted Body. |
| Charge |
The price to be paid by R.Us for use of each path and for the related services. |
| Contact-OSS: |
The national OSS (point of sales) first contacted by a (potential/ future) |
| Contract for the railway |
The legal act granting each R.U. the use of railway |
| Corridors: |
Major railway lines on a geographical route |
| Crosslinks: |
A national or international train-path connecting two existing corridors. |
| Feeder-lines: |
Any train-path covering, at either end of the journey, 100 km or 20% of the length of the journey on the corridors, whichever is greater. |
| Freight freeway train-path: |
The infrastructure capacity needed to run a train between two places on the corridors at a given time, incorporating the crossing of at least one national border. |
| Freight Interconnected Network |
Train-system connecting installations/ terminals/ branch-lines / ports by direct services or by marshalling-yards |
| "Headway interconnection system" |
Correspondence train-sequence with identical waiting-time between basic interval trains. |
| Infrastructure Manager (I.M.) |
Any public body or undertaking responsible in particular for establishing and maintaining railway infrastructure, as well as for operating the control and safety systems, |
| Interchange-station |
Border station where transit operations are carried out. |
| International Grouping |
Any association of at least two railway undertakings established in different Member States for the purpose of providing international transport services between Member States. |
| Licence/Entitling act |
Licence, issued by the competent national body in compliance with Dir. 2001/13/CE |
| One Stop Shop (OSS): |
The joint network of national points of sales (each an "national OSS") handling path-requests on the corridors mentioned above. |
| Railway Undertaking (R.U.) |
Any private or public undertaking whose main business is to provide rail transport services for goods and/or passengers with a requirement that the undertaking should ensure traction. |
| Reservation fee |
The price to be paid by the R.U. for the reservation of train paths in compliance with the criteria and operating procedures for capacity allocation |
| Safety Certificate |
The document certifying the R.U.'s compliance with circulation safety standards as required by CE Directives. |
| Timetable |
The data defining all planned train and rolling-stock movements which will take place on the relevant infrastructure during the period for which it is in force. |
| Train-path |
The infrastructure capacity needed to run a train between two places over a given time-period; |
| Yards |
Functional structure for train arrivals / departures, and in some cases, parking and/or shunting operations. |
