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.