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Term of the Road Dictionary

piggyback transport

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : Carriage by rail of a suitably adapted semi-trailer upon a specially designed wagon called a pocket wagon [EN 14943].

Huckepackverkehr

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Multimodaler Transport
  • Definition : Schienentransport eines entsprechend angepassten Sattelaufliegers auf einem speziell dafür ausgelegten Waggon, der als Taschenwagen bezeichnet wird [EN 14943].
  • Synonyms : Huckepacktransport

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