| English | German |
| belt railway | Ringstraße |
| broad gauge track railway | Breitspurbahn |
| central railway station | Hauptbahnhof |
| circular railway | Ringbahn |
| circular railway | Ringstraße |
| circular railway | Gürtelbahn |
| cliff railway | Standseilbahn |
| crossbeam, railway sleeper | Querschwelle |
| crossbeam, railway sleeper | Schwelle |
| dike of a railway, railroad, road | Straßenbahndamm |
| dike of a railway, railroad, road | Eisenbahndamm |
| electrified railway | elektrifizierte Stadtbahn |
| funicular railway | Schwebebahn |
| gravity railway | Standseilbahn |
| heritage railway | Museumsbahn |
| highway-railway bridge | Brücke für Straßenund Eisenbahnverkehr |
| inclined plane railway | Standseilbahn |
| indoor shop railway lines | Transportwegeinnerhalb von Betriebsabteilungen |
| industrial railway | Werksbahn |
| industrial railway track | Industriegleis |
| internal factory railway lines | innerbetriebliche Transportwege |
| machine for drilling railway sleepers | motorisierte Schwellenschraubmaschine |
| machine for slotting railway sleepers | Schwellenbehaumaschine |
| main railway | Station Knotenbahnhof |
| main railway line | Haupteisenbahnstrecke |
| mass transit railway | Stadtbahn (ober- und unterirdisch) |
| mixed-gauge tracks laid on one railway bed | zweispuriges Gleis |
| mono-railway | Einschienenbahn |
| narrow gauge railway | Lorenbahn (z.B. im Tunnelbau) |
| overhead railway | Hochbahn |
| rack and pinion railway | Zahnradbahn |
| railway ballast | Gleisschotter |
| railway barrier | Bahnschranke |
| railway branch | Anschlußgleis |
| railway breakdown crane | Eisenbahnkran |
| railway buildings and structures | Bahnanlagen |
| railway car loading | Verkehrslast für Eisenbahnbrücken |
| railway car maintenance and repair shop | Wagenreparaturwerkstatt |
| railway car maintenance and repair station | Wagenreparaturwerkstatt |
| railway cement car | Zementwagen |
| railway clearance diagram | Versandmaß |
| railway clearance diagram | Transportmaß |
| railway control centre | Stellwerk (Eisenbahn) |
| railway crane | Eisenbahnkran |
| railway deep penetration | Eisenbahnanschluß |
| railway depot | Lokomotivschuppen |
| railway depot | Bahnbetriebswerk |
| railway division | Länge eines Strekkenabschnitts |
| railway embankment | Gleiskörper (mit Unterbau) |
| railway engineering, track laying | Linienbau |
| railway engineering, track laying | Eisenbahnbau |
| railway excavator | Gleisbagger |
| railway excavator | Schienenbagger |
| railway gate | Eisenbahntor |
| railway halt, railroad halt | Haltepunkt |
| railway halt, railroad halt | Haltestelle des Eisenbahns |
| railway junction | Eisenbahnknoten |
| railway line right-of way | Trassenstreifen der Eisenbahn |
| railway traffic noise | Eisenbahnlärm |
| railway overhead support | Oberleitungsmast |
| railway overhead support | Fahrleitungsmast |
| railway path | Eisenbahntrasse |
| railway platform roof | Bahnsteigdach |
| railway platform ticket | Bahnsteigkarte |
| railway platform truss | Bahnsteigdachbinder |
| railway premises | Bahngelände |
| railway relocation | Gleisverlagerung |
| railway station | Personenbahnhof |
| railway station | Bahnhofsgebäude |
| railway station | Bahnstation |
| railway station | Haltestelle |
| railway station kiosk | Bahnhofskiosk |
| railway station roof | Bahnhofsdach |
| railway station square | Bahnhofsvorplatz |
| railway station square | Bahnhofsplatz |
| railway storage | Lager mit Gleisanschluß |
| railway substructure | Gleisunterbau |
| railway tourism | Eisenbahntouristik |
| railway traffic | Bahnbetrieb |
| railway transport | Eisenbahnverkehr |
| railway trestle | Eisenbahngerüstbrücke |
| railway waiting room | Bahnhofswartesaai |
| remote control railway cabin | Stellwerk |
| remote control railway cabin | Relaisstation |
| section of a dike, a road, a railway | Bahnprofil |
| self-discharging railway car | selbstentladender Waggon |
| standard gauge railway | Normalspurbahn |
| suburban electric railway | S-Bahn |
| suburban local railway branch line | Lokaleisenbahn |
| suburban local railway branch line | Lokalbahn |
| terminal railway station | Endbahnhof |
| terminal railway station | Endstation |
| trunk railway | Hauptstrecke der Eisenbahn |
| underground railway | Metro |
| underground railway line | Strecke der Untergrundbahn |
| underground railway line | U-Bahntrasse |
| underground railway line | U-Bahnlinie |
| underground railway station | Metrostation |
| White Paper A strategy for revitalising the Community's railways | Weißbuch-Eine Strategie zur Revitalisierung der Eisenbahn in der Gemeinschaft |
| wire rope railway | Kabelbahn |
| wire rope railway | Drahtseilbahn |
