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Class 🚚 H Transportation and Storage

49.20 — Freight Rail Transport

49.20
Class
Freight rail transport
SDMX: H4920
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes: - freight transport on mainline rail networks as well as short line freight railways

+ Also Includes

This class also includes: - freight transport by funicular railway - traction services

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - warehousing and storage, see 52.10 - freight terminal activities, see 52.21 - operation of railway infrastructure and related activities (e.g. switching and shunting), see 52.21 - cargo handling on behalf of others, see 52.24

Frequently Confused With

52.10
Warehousing and storage
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 52.21
Service activities incidental to land transportation
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 52.21
Service activities incidental to land transportation
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 52.24
Cargo handling
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Large goods vehicle drivers

SOC 2020:8211
Common titles: HGV driver, Lorry driver
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 8332

Van drivers

SOC 2020:8212
Common titles: Delivery driver, Courier
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 8322

Managers and directors in transport and distribution

SOC 2020:1161
Common titles: Logistics manager, Transport manager
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 1324

Related Occupations

Transport and distribution clerks and assistantsFork-lift truck drivers

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section H (Freight rail transport).

Frequently confused with

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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