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rail transport
The means and installations required to transport passengers and cargo by train.


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passenger station
Covered building for the public where trains and passengers arrive and depart.


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railroad station
Covered building for the public where trains and passengers arrive and depart.


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high-speed train
High-speed passenger train (between 220 and 300 km/h) powered by electricity, with a power car at each end and a limited number of cars in between.


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yard
Set of tracks where freight trains are reconfigured to contain cargo cars with the same destination and then dispatched.


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highway crossing
Intersection of a railroad and a road, with or without warning lights.


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streetcar
Electrically powered vehicle for transporting people; it rolls on tracks embedded in city streets and on the edge of roadways.


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types of passenger cars
Cars: vehicles with various layouts that are pulled by locomotives, for transporting and providing services to passengers.


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diesel-electric locomotive
Vehicle with a diesel engine turning a generator that in turn powers the electric traction motors.


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car
Vehicle pulled by a locomotive for transporting cargo.


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railroad track
A pair of parallel rails laid end to end and on which trains run.


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subway
Electrified urban railroad built mainly underground for transporting passengers at frequent intervals.