Definition: Rail transit
Transport
Railway transport through a country between two places (a place of loading/embarkation and a place of unloading/disembarkation) outside that country. Operations involving "Change of Gauge" between two different track gauges in a country are considered as transit and not as unloading and loading. (Fourth version of the Transport Glossary) Railway transport through a country between two places (a place of loading/embarkation and a place of unloading/disembarkation) outside that country. (Third version of the Transport Glossary)
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International Transport Forum, Eurostat, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), "Illustrated Glossary for Transport Statistics", 4th Edition, Luxembourg 2009
International Transport Forum, Eurostat, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), "Illustrated Glossary for Transport Statistics", 4th Edition, Luxembourg 2009
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