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CONVENTIONAL RAIL [1 record]

Record 1 2017-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
DEF

Interurban and suburban transport utilizing trains of steel-wheeled vehicles, locomotive-hauled (diesel or electric) or self-propelled (diesel or electric), running on duo-rail steel tracks on exclusive rights-of-way.

OBS

duorail mode: term used in planning to distinguish conventional rail facilities from those with a single rail, the "monorail mode."

OBS

railway: term officially approved by the Rail Terminology Approval Committee.

OBS

railway: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

OBS

railway; rly: term and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
DEF

Moyen de transport dont les véhicules roulent sur une voie ferrée constituée de rails.

OBS

chemin de fer : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie ferroviaire.

OBS

chemin de fer : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

OBS

chemin de fer; ch de f : terme et forme abrégée d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte ferroviario
CONT

La renovación de los ferrocarriles españoles representa una de las inversiones más importantes hechas en toda la historia del Estado español.

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