Part 2: The most commonly used words in Indian Railways

Hola! Do you remember reading a story about the most commonly used words in Indian Railways?

Well, here we are back with part 2 :D

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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ACP: 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.