Hola! Do you remember reading a story about the most commonly used words in Indian Railways?
Well, here we are back with part 2 😀
यह स्टोरी हिंदी में पढ़ें
In case you missed the 1st part, here’s the story.
So, let’s check out 50 more words in Indian Railways that you should definitely know about:
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Search TrainsACP: Alarm chain pulling
EC or ECC: Executive chair car
ECR: Empty coaching rake
EFC: Eastern freight corridor
ESCAP: Economic and social commission for Asia and Pacific
ESM: Electronic signal maintainer
EY: Empty rake (on train monitoring systems)
F: Forward journey (in train number annotations)
FC: First class, also financial commissioner, also freight corridor
FEDL: Fully electrified double line
FOB: Foot overbridge (a pedestrian overpass)
FOIS: Freight operation information system
FRED: Flashing rear-end device (a warning lamp at the rear of a train)
JOH: Junction of head – the point where the tongue rail approaches the main rail in a switch
MCO: Military control office (coordinates ticketing and accommodation for miliM/E: try personnel at some railway stations)
Mxd.: Mixed (in train names)
NTES: National train enquiry system (phone-based train/reservation status)
NV: Non-vegetarian (meal or restaurant)
PCV: Passenger coaching vehicle
P Way: Permanent Way
PF: Platform (sometimes P/F)
PQWL: Pooled quota waiting list
PS: Passenger service (in indicating kinds of bookings available at ticket agency)
PWI: Permanent way inspector
R: Return journey (in train number annotations)
RA: Running allowance (in calculating drivers’ pay)
Rd.: Road (in station names)
RAC: Reservation against cancellation
RCC: Railway Convention committee
R Fee, Res Fee: Reservation fee (annotation on ticket)
RLWL: Running line waiting list
RMS: Railway mail service
ROB: Road over-bridge (i.e., the road goes over train tracks)
RPF: Railway pension fund
RR: Railway receipt, refreshment room
RRF: Railway reserve fund
RTR: Ready-to-run (modeling kits)
RTSA: Rail travellers’ service agents
SCRA: Special class railway apprentice
Sh. CC: Shatabdi chair car
SLB: Side lower berth (annotation on the ticket for sleeping accommodation)
SM: Station master
UB: Upper Berth (annotation on the ticket for sleeping accommodation)
V: Vegetarian (meal or restaurant)
V Ch, Vou Ch: Voucher charges (annotation on ticket)
VG: Vegetarian (meal or restaurant), also Vehicle guidance (the record of identifying numbers for coaches/wagons that make up a train)
VLRR: Vegetarian light refreshment room
WM: Works manager
2T: Two-tier (as in “AC-2T” = air conditioned two-tier coach)
3T: Three-tier
We hope that this compilation helps you with your train journey. Also, don’t forget to share it with your friends and family.
