1. The following abbreviations and terms are used in this report.
ARC | Auckland Regional Council |
ARH | Auckland Regional Holdings |
ARTA | Auckland Regional Transport Authority |
BAG- SPNV | Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Aufgabenträger des SPNV |
CIÉ | Córas Iompair Éireann (Irish Transport System) |
DB | Deutsche Bahn (see next item) |
DBAG | Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft (German State Railways) |
DfT | Department for Transport (Great Britain) |
DKK | Danish Krone |
DoT | Department of Transport (Ireland) |
DRD | Department for Regional Development (Northern Ireland) |
DSB | Danske Statsbaner (Danish State Railways) |
DTA | Dublin Transportation Authority |
DTO | Dublin Transportation Office |
GDA | Greater Dublin Area |
IÉ | Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
LTNZ | Land Transport New Zealand |
NIR | Northern Ireland Railways |
NITHC | Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company |
NOB | Nord-Ostsee-Bahn |
NPS | National Passenger Survey (in Great Britain) |
NZR | New Zealand Railways |
NZRC | New Zealand Railways Corporation |
OHLE | Overhead line equipment |
OMR | Operations, maintenance and renewal |
OPRAF | Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (in Great Britain) |
ORR | Office of Rail Regulation (in Great Britain) |
PPP | Public Private Partnership |
PSC | Public Service Contract |
PSO | Public Service Obligation |
PTE | Passenger Transport Executive (in Great Britain) |
PTA | Public Transport Authority (in Sweden) |
RAIB | Rail Accident Investigation Branch (in UK) |
ROSCO | Rolling stock company (in UK) |
RPA | Regional Planning Assessment (in Great Britain) |
RPA | Railway Procurement Agency (in Ireland) |
RUS | Route Utilisation Strategy (in Great Britain) |
SEK | Swedish Krona |
SIQ | Swedish Institute for Quality |
SL | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Greater Stockholm PTA) |
SJ | Statens Järnvägar (Swedish State Railways) |
SPA | Scotland Planning Assessment |
SRA | Strategic Rail Authority (in Great Britain) |
TOC | Train operating company |
WCRM | West Coast Route Modernisation (in Great Britain) |