Glossary

ADIF

Spanish Railway Infrastructure Company

AEIF

European Association for Railway Interoperability. Based in Brussels, it regrouped all stakeholders in the railway sector and had the mandate to maintain the ERTMS specifications and managed their change control process. The AEIF passed on its activities to the European Railway Agency in 2005.

ATO

Automatic Train Operation

ATP

Automatic Train Protection

BSC

Base Station Controller

BTM

Balise Transmission Module

BTS

Base Transceiver Station

CFR

Căile Ferate Române – Romanian Railways

DB

Deutsche Bahn – German State Railways

DMI

Driver Machine Interface

DSB

Danske Statsbaner – Danish Railways

EC

European Community

EIRENE

European Integrated Radio Enhanced Network

ERA

European Railway Agency

ERRI

European Railways Research Institute

ERTMS

European Rail Traffic Management System

ETCS

European Train Control System

EU

European Union

EUROSIG

European Special Interest Group

EVC

European Vital computer

FRS

Functional Requirement Specification

FS

Ferrovie Dello Stato – Italian State Railways

GSM-R

Global System for Mobile Communications – Railways

HMI

Human Machine Interface Institution of Railway Signal Engineers

IRSE

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers

JRU

Juridical Recorder Unit

LTM

Loop Transmission Module

MORANE

Mobile Radio for Railway Networks in Europe

MSC

Mobile Switching Centre

NR

Network Rail – Britain’s Railway Infrastructure Manager

NS

Nederlandse Spoorwegen – Dutch Railways

OBB

Österreichische Bundesbahnen – Austrian Federal Railways

OBU

OnBoard Unit

PKP

Polskie Linie Kolejowe – Polish Railways

RBC

Radio Block Centre

RENFE

Red de Ferrocarriles Españoles – Spanish Railways

RFF

French railway infrastructure company

RFI

Italian railway infrastructure company

RTM

Radio Transmission Module

SBB

Schweizerische Bundesbahnen – Swiss Federal Railways

SNCB

Societe National des Chemins de fer Belges

SNCF

Societe National des Chemins de fer Français – French State Railways

SPMU

Speed Monitoring Unit

TCDD

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları – Turkish State Railways

UIC

International Union of Railways

UNIFE

The European Rail Industry association

UNISIG

Industry Consortium which contributes to the writing of the ERTMS specifications

Should you have any questions, please contact Victoria Campos by email at victoria.campos@unife.org.