rail transport

locomotive

Railway pulling machine

• carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
• freight carTrain vehicle for goods
• cabooseCrew shelter, train's end

steam engine · diesel · electric · passenger car · sleeper car · dining car · boxcar · tanker car · hopper car · flatcar

subway

Underground transit passage

• metroUrban rail transit
• streetcarRail-bound urban trolley
• tramUrban rail vehicle

fare · turnstile · station · conductor · carriage · timetable · ticketing · transit map · zone · transfers

tracks

Marks showing passage

• ballastShip stability material
• sleepersUnactivated spies or surprise hits
• tiesConnections or neckwear

signals · switches · platforms · stations · viaducts · tunnels · bridges · culverts · embankments · gauge

rush hour

Busiest commuting period

• season ticketPrepaid ongoing admission
• commuter beltSuburban ring around city
• suburbanOf residential outskirts

passengers · platform · carriage · delay · standing room · overcrowded · announcements · peak hours · off-peak · monthly pass

timetable

Arranged list of events

• punctualityBeing on time
• schedulingAssigning times to events
• dispatchSend with speed

signal box · headway · dwell time · turnaround · crew · engineer · driver · guard · stationmaster · shunting

cargo

Transported goods

• logisticsCoordination of complex activities
• intermodalUsing multiple transport types
• bulkMain mass or size

haulage · container · shipping · marshalling yard · loading dock · commodity · tonnage · freight terminal · piggyback · transshipment

• industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
• railroadstrains, tracks, track, locomotive, locomotives
• railwaystrains, locomotives, locomotive, tracks, stations
• shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
• freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
• freight logisticscargo trains, shipping containers, freight cars, customs clearance, cargo handling