Article 3. Basic concepts

The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

baggage — items belonging to a passenger, accepted for carriage in a baggage car based on a travel document (ticket);

operator of cars (containers) — a legal entity owning cars (containers) by right of ownership or on other legitimate grounds, participating in the transportation process by providing services based on a contract with a railway carrier and specified in the shipping documents;

passenger — an individual who has a travel document and is traveling on a train or is located on the territory of a railway station (terminal) or a passenger platform immediately before or after a trip;

travel document (ticket) — a transportation document of a standard form certifying the conclusion of a contract for the carriage of a passenger by public railway transport;

carrier — a legal entity that holds a license for the transportation of passengers and goods by railway transport in domestic and international traffic, having undertaken the obligation under a railway transport contract to deliver a passenger, as well as baggage, freight-baggage, cargo, postal, and courier shipments entrusted to it by the consignor (sender) from the point of origin to the point of destination, and to issue them to the consignee (recipient);

transportation process — a set of organizationally and technologically interrelated actions and operations performed by public railway transport enterprises, the carrier, the operator of cars (containers), and the infrastructure operator during the preparation, implementation, and completion of the transportation of passengers and goods;

transportation document — a document in the form of a travel document (ticket), baggage receipt, railway bill of lading, electronic data carrier card, or other media confirming the conclusion of a carriage contract;

railway station — a separate point having additional groups of tracks, besides the main tracks, allowing for operations such as the reception, dispatch, crossing, and passing of trains, handling of baggage and cargo, passenger service, and shunting work;

railway transport — a type of transport consisting of public and non-public railway transport intended to meet the needs of individuals or legal entities for transportation along railway tracks;

railway transport infrastructure — a technological complex including railway tracks, stations, power supply devices, communication networks, signaling, centralization and blocking systems, information complexes, traffic management systems, and related buildings and equipment;