49 Land transport and transport via pipelines

Code 491 includes the operation of railway transport services for passengers and freight, covering the provision of train services, railway infrastructure use, and associated ticketing and scheduling functions, while excluding activities such as vehicle maintenance, which are classified under separate codes.

This class includes: - land transport of passengers by urban or suburban transport systems. This may include different modes of land transport, such as by motor bus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus, underground and elevated railways etc. The transport is carried out on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers at normally fixed stops. This class excludes: - passenger transport by interurban railways, see 49.10

This class includes: - transport of gases, liquids, water, slurry and other commodities via pipelines This class excludes: - distribution of natural or manufactured gas, steam or water, see 35.22, 35.30, 36.00 - transport of liquids by trucks, see 49.41