MSIC 491—Transport via railways

Where 491 sits

1. H Transportation and Storage
2. 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines
3. 491 Transport via railways

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 4911 Passenger rail transport, interurban
• 4912 Freight rail transport

What 491 includes

• This group includes rail transportation of passengers and/or freight using railroad rolling stock on mainline networks, usually spread over an extensive geographic area. Freight rail transport over short-line freight railroads is included here.

What 491 excludes

• This group excludes urban and suburban passenger land transport, (see class 4921) , related activities such as switching and shunting (see class 5221) and operation of railroad infrastructure (see class 5221) .

491 in other systems