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Official overview Division H -- TRANSPORT AND POSTAL SERVICES This Division comprises establishments engaged in the transport of passengers and freight using railways, automobiles, vessels or ships, aircraft and other means of transport, and in warehousing and services incidental to transport, and establishes engaged in transport of postal goods and mail delivery. Railway Transport This refers to the transport of passen gers and freight by rail. Transport activities collectively refer to the operation of railway vehicles, and the maintenance and repair of transport facilities such as the rolling stock, tracks, and signal -and-communication facilities for the purpose of operation, and to the treatment or handling of passengers or cargo. Establishments A single establishment is the unit of classification of “Railway Transport”. If located separately, each of the establishments is deemed, in principle, a separate establishment. Individual organs located on the same premises are each dealt with as a separate classification unit by organ. Namely, work -site organs such as stations, conductors’ offices, engineers’ stations, coach-and-cargo sections, track -maintenance sections, construction sections, electric-power-supply sections, signal -and-communications sections, electricity -related-affairs sections, etc., as well as management or gans such as a main office and branch offices are each deemed to be an individual and separate establishment by organ. However, in cases where stations or sections, even if so named, are not assigned with administrative managers such as a stationmaster, t hey are included in the establishment that manages them and deemed to be one establishment as a whole. Relationship between “Railway Transport” and other industries (1) Repair shops, warehouses or the like of railway transport companies for its own use are classified in “Railway Transport” , but manufacturing factories, power stations, laboratories, training institutes, hospitals, recreation facilities, etc. are classified in industries other than “Railway Transport”, according to the types of their respective activities. (2) Establishments operated by railway transport companies such as department stores, amusement parks or real estate are classified in industries other than “Railway Transport” according to the types of their respective activities. (3) Es tablishments of railway transport companies engaged in the repairs or remodeling of the rolling stock, if these activities are conducted for their own purposes, are classified in “Railway Transport”. (4) Establishments of railways or ropeways provided in f actories, mines or forests for their own exclusive use are classified in industries other than “Railway Transport”.