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The following tables list railway and tramway terminology as used in different European languages. Included are English, German, Polish, Hungarian, French and Italian.
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| UK English/ other non-US English | US English | German | Polish | Hungarian | French | Italian | Description |
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| 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 | kolej zębata | fogaskerekű vasút | ferrovia a cremagliera | railways assisted by a rack-and-pinion system | |
| cable railway | cable railroad | kolej linowa | |||||
| funicular, cliff railway | funicular | Standseilbahn | funikular, kolej terenowo-linowa | 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 | szybka kolej miejska | gyorsvillamos | overground rail rapid transit | ||||
| Tram-Train | |||||||
| regional railway | kolej regionalna | helyi érdekű vasút, HÉV | |||||
| aerial tramway | cable car | Pendelbahn | drótkötélpályás felvonó, felvonó | téléphérique | |||
| aerial lift | aerial lift gondola lift | Seilbahn | kábelvasút, kötélvasút | ||||
| chairlift | chairlift | wyciąg krzesełkowy |
| 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 | skład | vonat- összeállítás | specific grouping (configuration) of coupled railway vehicles | |||
| Rollmaterial | tabor | 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 | lokomotywa manewrowa | 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) | zespół trakcyjny | railway vehicle capable of controlling (and powering) another railway vehicle | ||||
| power car | power car | Triebkopf | wagon silnikowy | hajtófej | |||
| trainset | Triebzug | motorvonat | |||||
| motor coach, railcar/railmotor (non-pulling vehicle) | motorcar, railmotor, motor, box motor, doodlebug (non-pulling vehicle) | Triebwagen | wagon silnikowy, wagon motorowy | 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 | Begleitwagen, Güterzuggepäckwagen | brankard | fékezőkocsi | |||
| travelling post office (TPO) | railway post office (RPO) | wagon pocztowy | postakocsi | ||||
| railway carriage | railroad car, railcar | vasúti kocsi | |||||
| railway coach, railway car | passenger car | Personenwagen | wagon osobowy | személykocsi | |||
| goods wagon, freight wagon | goods car, freight car | Güterwagen | wagon towarowy | teherkocsi, tehervagon, vagon | |||
| boxcar | teherkocsi, tehervagon | ||||||
| flatcar | pőrekocsi | ||||||
| refrigerated van, refrigerated wagon | refrigerator car, reefer | hűtőkocsi, hűtővagon | |||||
| tank wagon, tanker wagon | tank car | tartálykocsi | |||||
| railbus | Schienenautobus, Schienenbus | autobus szynowy, szynobus | sínautóbusz, sínbusz | autocar sur rails | autobus su rotaia | ||
| Straßenbahnzug | villamosszerelvény | ||||||
| tramcar | streetcar, trolley car | villamoskocsi | |||||
| tram engine | tramway (archaic) | ||||||
| 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 |
