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List of Numeric Codes for Railway Companies (RICS List of numeric codes for railway companies (RICS Code) contact : [email protected] reference : http://www.uic.org/spip.php?article311 code short name full name country request date allocation date modified date begin of validity end of validity recent Freight Passenger Infra- structure Holding Integrated Other url 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 01/02/2011 0006 StL Holland Stena Line Holland BV Netherlands 01/07/2004 x http://www.stenaline.nl/ferry/ 0007 0008 0009 0010 VR VR-Yhtymä Oy Finland x http://www.vr.fi/fi/ 0011 0012 TF Transfesa Spain 10/09/2013 x http://www.transfesa.com/ 0013 OSJD OSJD Poland 12/07/2000 12/07/2000 x http://osjd.org/ 0014 CWL Compagnie des Wagons-Lits France x http://www.cwl-services.com/ 0015 RMF Rail Manche Finance United Kingdom x http://www.rmf.co.uk/ 0016 RD RAILDATA Switzerland x http://www.raildata.coop/ 0017 ENS European Night Services Ltd United Kingdom x 0018 THI Factory THI Factory SA Belgium 06/05/2005 06/05/2005 01/12/2014 x http://www.thalys.com/ 0019 Eurostar I Eurostar International Limited United Kingdom x http://www.eurostar.com/ 0020 OAO RZD Joint Stock Company 'Russian Railways' Russia 30/06/1999 30/06/1999 x http://rzd.ru/ 0021 BC Belarusian Railways Belarus 11/09/2003 24/11/2004 x http://www.rw.by/ 0022 UZ Ukrainski Zaliznytsi Ukraine 15/01/2004 15/01/2004 x http://uz.gov.ua/ 0023 CFM Calea Ferată din Moldova Moldova x http://railway.md/ 0024 LG AB 'Lietuvos geležinkeliai' Lithuania 28/09/2004 24/11/2004 x http://www.litrail.lt/ 0025 LDZ Latvijas dzelzceļš Latvia 19/10/2004 24/11/2004 x http://www.ldz.lv/ 0026 EVR Aktsiaselts Eesti Raudtee Estonia x http://www.evr.ee/ 0027 KTZ Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Kazakhstan 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x http://www.railway.ge/ 0028 GR Sakartvelos Rkinigza Georgia x http://railway.ge/ 0029 UTI Uzbekistan Temir Yullari Uzbekistan 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x http://www.uzrailway.uz/ 0030 ZC Railways of D.P.R.K. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x 0031 MTZ Mongolian Railway SOSC Mongolia 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x http://www.mtz.mn/ 0032 DSVN đường sắt Việt Nam Viet Nam 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x http://www.vr.com.vn/ 0033 CR Chinese Railways China 20/05/2003 21/05/2003 x http://www.chineserailways.com/ 0034 0035 0036 0037 0038 0039 0040 0041 HSH Hekurudha Shqiptarë SH.A. Albania x http://www.hsh.com.al/ 0042 JR-E East Japan Railway Company Japan x http://www.jreast.co.jp/ 0043 GySEV/Raaberbahn Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Zrt. Hungary 01/12/2003 15/01/2004 02/12/2009 x x x http://www2.gysev.hu/ 0044 ŽRS Željeznice Republike Srpske Bosnia and Herzegovina 27/11/2002 22/01/2002 x http://www.zrs-rs.com/ 0045 0046 0047 0048 0049 0050 ŽFBH J.P. Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine d.o.o. Bosnia and Herzegovina 10/12/2002 22/01/2003 x x http://www.zfbh.ba/ 0051 PKP PLK S.A. PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. Poland 13/11/2003 15/01/2004 x http://www.plk-sa.pl/ 0052 NRIC National Railway Infrastructure Company Bulgaria 28/03/2005 04/04/2005 x http://rail-infra.bg/ 0053 CFR SA Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate Române Romania x http://www.cfr.ro/ 0054 SŽDC Správa železniční dopravní cesty, s.o. Czech Republic 15/10/2008 01/01/2009 01/01/2009 x x x http://www.szdc.cz/ 0055 MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zrt. Hungary 28/10/2004 24/11/2004 x http://www.mav.hu/ 0056 ŽSR Železnice Slovenskej Republiky Slovakia 19/09/2001 22/11/2001 x http://www.zsr.sk/ 0057 AZ-ADDY Azərbaycan Dövlət Dəmir Yolu Azerbaijan 16/05/2003 21/05/2003 x http://www.railway.gov.az/ 0058 SCR South Caucasus Railway CJSC Armenia x http://www.ukzhd.am/ 0059 KTJ Kyrgyz Railways Kyrgyzstan 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x http://www.ktj.kg/ 0060 CIE Córas Iompair Éireann Ireland x http://www.cie.ie/ 0061 KORAIL Korea Railroad Corporation Korea, Republic of x http://www.korail.com/ 0062 31/12/2011 0063 BLS BLS AG Switzerland 12/11/2002 22/01/2003 x http://www.bls.ch/ 0064 FNM Gruppo Ferrovie Nord Milano Italy x http://www.fnmgroup.it/ 0065 CFARYM-I Makedonski Železnici Infrastructure-Skopje Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of x http://www.mzi.mk/ 0066 TDZ Tajikistan Railways Tajikistan 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x 0067 TRK Turkmenistan Railways Turkmenistan x http://www.railway.gov.tm/ 0068 AAEC AAE Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn Cargo AG Switzerland 25/04/2003 21/05/2003 05/12/2011 x http://aae.ch/ 0069 0070 Network Rail Network Rail Limited United Kingdom 22/09/2003 29/09/2003 x http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ 0071 ADIF Administrator de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias Spain 17/12/2004 23/12/2004 x http://www.adif.es/ 0072 ŽS Železnice Srbije Serbia 27/05/2003 29/09/2003 x http://www.zeleznicesrbije.com/ 0073 OSE Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados Greece x x http://www.ose.gr/ 0074 TRAFIKVERKET Trafikverket Sweden 02/03/2001 02/03/2001 x http://www.trafikverket.se/ 0075 TCDD Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları İşletmesi Turkey 29/11/1999 29/11/1999 x http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/ 0076 JBV Jernbaneverket Norway 14/12/2001 22/05/2002 x http://www.jernbaneverket.no/ codification_4n 03122014 1/8 03/12/2014 List of numeric codes for railway companies (RICS Code) contact : [email protected] reference : http://www.uic.org/spip.php?article311 code short name full name country request date allocation date modified date begin of validity end of validity recent Freight Passenger Infra- structure Holding Integrated Other url 0077 FS EPA Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA EPA Italy 01/07/2005 18/10/2005 x http://www.fsitaliane.it/ 0078 HŽ-Infrastruktura HŽ Infrastruktura d.o.o. Croatia 28/02/2007 08/03/2007 x http://www.hznet.hr/ 0079 SŽ - Infrastuktura, d.o.o. Slovenske železnice - Infrastuktura, d.o.o. Slovenia 30/09/2011 x http://slo-zeleznice.si/ 0080 DB Netz AG DB Netz AG Germany 11/10/2004 24/11/2004 x http://fahrweg.dbnetze.com/ 0081 ÖBB-Holding AG ÖBB-Holding AG Austria 29/11/1999 29/11/1999 x x http://www.oebb.at/ 0082 CFL Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Luxembourg x http://www.cfl.lu/ 0083 FS Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA Italy 22/12/2004 22/12/2004 x http://www.fsitaliane.it/ 0084 ProRail ProRail Netherlands 13/01/2004 03/03/2004 x http://blog.prorail.nl/ 0085 SBB-Holding Swiss Federal Railways-Holding & Infrastructure Switzerland x x http://www.sbb.ch/sbb-konzern.html 0086 Banedanmark Banedanmark (RailNet Denmark) Denmark 22/11/2012 18/06/2013 x http://www.bane.dk/ 0087 SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français France x http://www.sncf.com/ 0088 Infrabel Infrabel Belgium 10/09/2013 10/09/2013 10/09/2013 01/01/2014 x http://www.infrabel.be/ 0088 SNCB Holding SNCB Holding Belgium 31/12/2013 0089 0090 ENR Egyptian National Railways Egypt x https://enr.gov.eg/ 0091 SNCFT Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens Tunesia x http://www.sncft.com.tn/ 0092 SNTF Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires Algeria x http://www.sntf.dz/ 0093 ONCF Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc Morocco 27/09/2004 24/11/2004 x http://oncf.ma/ 0094 REFER Rede Ferroviária Nacional - REFER EPE Portugal 26/04/2012 06/09/2012 x http://www.refer.pt/ 0095 ISR Israel Railways Israel x http://www.rail.co.il/ 0096 RAI Rahahan-e Djjomhouri-e Eslami Iran Iran 07/04/2003 29/09/2003 x http://irirw.com/ 0097 CFS Administration Générale des Chemins de fer Syriens Syria 02/09/2004 14/09/2004 x http://www.cfssyria.org/ 0098 CEL Lebanon Railways Lebanon x 0099 IRR Iraqi Republic Railways Establishment Iraq x http://www.iraqrailways.com/ 1020 RZD holding Russian Railways State Joint Company-Holding Russia 17/05/2004 17/05/2004 x x http://rzd.ru/ 1033 CR holding Chinese Railways-Holding China 20/05/2003 21/05/2003 x x http://www.chineserailways.com/ 1051 PKP Polskie Koleje Państwowe Spółka Akcyjna Poland 16/12/2003 15/01/2004 x x http://www.pkp.pl/ 1052 HOLDING BDZ HOLDING BULGARIAN STATE RAILWAYS Bulgaria 29/03/2005 04/04/2005 18/01/2011 x x http://bdz.bg/ 1062 ŽPCG Željeznički prevoz Crne Gore AD Montenegro 19/04/2011 19/04/2011 x x http://www.zcg-prevoz.me/ 1065 CFARYM-T Makedonski Železnici Transport AD Skopje Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of 05/10/2007 05/10/2007 x x http://mztransportad.com.mk/ 1071 Renfe Renfe Operadora Spain 17/12/2004 23/12/2004 x http://www.renfe.com/ 1073 TRAINOSE TRAINOSE S.A. Greece 09/01/2009 15/01/2009 x x http://www.ose.gr/ 1074 ASJUA Affärsverket Statens Järnväger Sweden x x http://www.statensjarnvagar.se/ 1076 NSB Norges Statsbaner AS Norway 14/12/2001 22/05/2002 x x x http://www.nsb.no/ 1079 SŽ, d.o.o. Slovenske železnice, d.o.o. Slovenia 13/02/2012 16/02/2012 x x http://slo-zeleznice.si/ 1080 DB AG Deutsche Bahn AG Germany 11/10/2004 24/11/2004 x x http://www.bahn.de/ 1084 NS holding N.V.
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