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AB Allocation Body
AG Advisory Group
APIS Authorisation for Placing Into Service
ATO Automatic Train Operation
CCS Control, Command and Signalling
CEF Connecting Europe Facility
CID Corridor Information Document
CINEA European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
CIP Customer Information Platform
CIS Charging Information System
CNC Core Network Corridor
C-OSS Corridor One-Stop-Shop
DG MOVE EC's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
DMI Driver Machine Interface
DTT Draft Time Table
EC European Commission
ECCO Efficient Cross Corridor Organisation
ECMT European Capacity Management Tool
EEIG European Economic Interest Grouping
ERA European Union Agency for Railways
ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ETC European Transport Corridor
ETCS European Train Control System
ETH Estimated Time of Handover
ETI Estimated Time of Interchange
ETMN European Train Management Network
EU European Union
ExBo Executive Board
FA Framework Agreement
FCA Framework for Capacity Allocation
FRMCS Future Railway Mobile Communication System
FTE Forum Train Europe
FTT Final Time Table
GTC General Terms and Conditions
GSM-R Global System for Mobile Communications for Railway
HSR High-Speed Rail Network
HST High-Speed Train
ICM International Contingency Management
IM/IMs Infrastructure Management/Infrastructure Managers
IMT Incident Management Tool
IP Implementation Plan
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LoI Letter of Intent
MB Management Board
MD Managing Director
MDMS Multimodal Digital Mobility Services
MoT Ministry of Transport
NCI Network and Corridor Information System
NEB National Enforcement Bodies
NETA Network ETA
NetPaP Network PaP
NExBo Network of Executive Boards
NNTR Notified National Technical Rule
NPIM National Project Implementation Manager
NS Network Statement
NSA National Safety Authority
NTR National Technical Rules
NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
OBU On-Board Unit
OSS One-Stop Shop
PaP Pre-arranged Paths
PCS Path Coordination System
PIM Programme Implementation Manager
PMO Programme Management Office
QCO Quality Circle Operation
RA Running Advice
RAG Railway undertaking Advisory Group
RB Regulatory Body
RBC Radio Block Centre
RC Reserve Capacity
R-CDM Railway Collaborative Decision Making
RDD Reference Document Database
RFC Rail Freight Corridor
RFP Rail Facilities Portal
RINF Register of Instrastructure
RIS Railway Infrastructure System
RoLa Rolling Highway
RNE RailNet Europe
RU Railway Undertaking
SC Safety Certificate
SERAC Single European Railway Area Committee
SERAF Single European Railway Area Forum
SMS Safety Management System
STA Scheduled Time of Arrival
STD Scheduled Time of Departure
TAC Track Access Charge
TAG Terminal Advisory Group
TAF TSI Telematics Applications for Freight Services
TAP TSI Telematics Applications for Passenger Services
TCM Train Composition Message
TCR Temporary Capacity Restrictions (TCR) Tool
TEN-T Trans-European Network - Transport
TFI Task Force Interoperability
TIS Train Information System
TMS Transport Market Study
TPM Train Performance Management
TSI Technical Specifications for Interoperability
TT Timetable
TTR Timetabling and Capacity Redesign
UIRR International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport
USS User Satisfaction Survey
WG Working Group