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UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – <strong>SIC</strong>(2007)<br />

Explanatory Notes<br />

Section H<br />

Transportation and Storage<br />

This section includes the provision of passenger or freight transport, whether scheduled or not, by rail, pipeline, road, water or<br />

air and associated activities such as terminal and parking facilities, cargo handling, storage etc. Included in this section is the<br />

renting of transport equipment with driver or operator. Also included are postal and courier activities.<br />

This section excludes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

major repair or alteration of transport equipment, except motor vehicles, see group 33.1<br />

construction, maintenance and repair of roads, railways, harbours, airfields, see division 42<br />

maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, see 45.20<br />

renting of transport equipment without driver or operator, see 77.1, 77.3<br />

49 Land transport and transport via pipelines<br />

This division includes the transport of passengers and freight via road and rail, as well as freight transport via pipelines.<br />

49.1 Passenger rail transport, interurban<br />

49.10 Passenger rail transport, interurban<br />

This class includes:<br />

– rail transportation of passengers using railway rolling stock on mainline networks, spread over an extensive geographic area<br />

– passenger transport by interurban railways<br />

– operation of sleeping cars or dining cars as an integrated operation of railway companies<br />

H<br />

This class excludes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

passenger transport by urban and suburban transit systems, see 49.31<br />

passenger terminal activities, see 52.21<br />

operation of railway infrastructure; related activities such as switching and shunting, see 52.21<br />

operation of sleeping cars or dining cars when operated by separate units, see 55.90, 56.10<br />

49.2 Freight rail transport<br />

49.20 Freight rail transport<br />

This class includes:<br />

–<br />

freight transport on mainline rail networks as well as short line freight railways<br />

This class excludes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

warehousing and storage, see 52.10<br />

freight terminal activities, see 52.21<br />

operation of railway infrastructure; related activities such as switching and shunting, see 52.21<br />

cargo handling, see 52.24<br />

49.3 Other passenger land transport<br />

This group includes all land-based passenger transport activities other than rail transport. However, rail transport as part of<br />

urban or suburban transport systems is included here.<br />

49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport<br />

49.31/1 Urban, suburban or metropolitan area passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems<br />

This subclass includes:<br />

– land transport of passengers by urban, suburban or metropolitan underground and elevated railways etc. The transport is<br />

carried out on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of<br />

passengers at normally fixed stops<br />

This subclass also includes:<br />

–<br />

town-to-airport or town-to-station transport by rail<br />

This subclass excludes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

passenger transport by interurban railways, see 49.10<br />

tramways, see 49.31/9<br />

49.31/9 Urban, suburban or metropolitan area passenger land transport other than railway transportation by underground,<br />

metro and similar systems<br />

This subclass includes:<br />

– land transport of passengers by urban, suburban or metropolitan transport systems. This may include different modes<br />

of land transport, such as by motor bus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus. The transport is carried out on scheduled<br />

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