Definition: Privately-owned wagon

Category: Transport

Wagon not belonging to a railway enterprise, but at its disposal and authorized to run for it under specified conditions, or wagon hired out by a railway enterprise to third parties.

This definition is identical in the third and fourth version of the Transport Glossary. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED Eurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003