North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 48-49 - Transportation and warehousing
• 482 - Rail transportation
• 4821 - Rail transportation
• 48211 - Rail transportation

482112 - Short-haul freight rail transportation^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating railways for the transport of goods on a rail line that does not comprise a rail network. A short-haul railway line usually takes goods from one or more points to a point on the larger transportation network, which is usually a mainline railway, but may be a trans-shipment point onto another transportation mode.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • belt line railways
  • logging railways

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • operating switching and terminal railways (See 488210 Support activities for rail transportation)