UIC classification of goods wagons

This list contains the UIC classification of goods wagons and their meanings.

The international system for the classification of goods wagons was agreed by the Union internationale des chemins de fer (UIC) in 1965 and subsequently introduced into member countries.

For example it was adopted in Germany on 1 January 1968 replacing the previous German railway wagon classes that originated as early as 1905.

In Germany the few remaining guards vans and narrow gauge goods wagons have retained their original classifications.

[1] These are covered in detail in the article on UIC classification of railway coaches.