Rail passenger transport
The term rail passenger transport can be used for all types of passenger transport by rail and is also used to distinguish it from rail freight transport .
As a rule, it refers to railways in public transport that are operated for the purpose of transporting passengers. Today, because of the different treatment by the public authorities , rail passenger transport is divided into local rail passenger transport and long-distance rail passenger transport . If this differentiation is not necessary, the term rail passenger transport is used.
The term is usually not used when it comes to other track-based means of transport such as trams, underground trains or mountain railways. Because the first two fall under the concept of local road transport (ÖSPV). There is also non-public rail passenger transport, which can be carried out on works trains, for example, and is not subject to the same legal requirements as public rail passenger transport.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local rail passenger transport. Federal Competence Center for Accessibility, 2012, accessed on October 22, 2015 .