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| Circular number | COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 13 OF 2007 |
|---|---|
| File number | No. 2006/TG-I/20/P |
| Date | 2007-07-01 |
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | train-services |
| Official PDF | indianrailways.gov.in |
Abbreviations for different type of coaches Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
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No. 2006/TG-I/20/P
New Delhi, dated 20 .2.2007
General Managers,
All Zonal Railways.
(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 13 OF 2007)
Sub: Abbreviations for different type of coaches.
…..
With a view to simplify the abbreviations of existing passenger
coaches and to take care of different types of composite coaches proposed
to be introduced in near future, the entire issue of giving abbreviations to
different type of coaches was examined in this office in consultation with
Mechanical Coaching and Telecommunication Directorates and it has
been decided that the following abbreviations may be used for different
type of passenger coaches:-
Class
Existing
Abbreviation
Proposed
Abbreviation
Remarks
1st AC
H
H
No Change
AC 2 tier
A
A
No Change
AC 3 tier
AS
B
CHANGE
AC Chair Car
C
C
No Change
2 S class/ Day
journey reserved
second
class
coaches
of
Intercity Trains.
S or SC
D
CHANGE
Executive Class
EC
E
Slight Change
First Class
F
F
No Change
Garib Rath AC- 3
tier
G
G
No Change
Garib Rath Chair
Car
GC
J
CHANGE
Sleeper
S
S
No Change
For making composite coach the abbreviation can be combined for
example: -
1st AC cum 2nd AC
:
HA
AC 2 tier cum AC 3 tier
:
AB
1st AC cum AC 3 tier
:
HB etc.
Necessary changes may be made in the software, number of plates
displayed outside the coaches, coach guidance Board and wherever else
required. The abbreviations may be implemented from 01.07.2007.
Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned. Wide publicity
may be given through all available media for information of general
public.
Please acknowledge receipt.
( H.V. Sharma )
Executive Director,
Passenger Marketing,
Railway Board.
(Mahesh Kumar )
Executive Director,
Telecom Development.
Railway Board
( A.K. Nautiyal )
Director Mechanical
Engineering/Coaching,
Railway Board
Copy for information to:
1. CCMs, CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, CMEs & CSTEs all zonal
Railways.
2. MD, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
3. EDV(T), EDFC, OSD/TC, V(SS), TG-V branches of Railway
Board.
4. Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commerical
Railway Staff College, Vadodara.
5. The Principals, Zonal Training Centres, Central Railway/Bhusaval,
Eastern Railway Dhanbad, Northern Railway, Chandausi, NE
Railway, Muzaffarpur, NF Railway, Alipurduar, Southern
Railway, Trichy, SE Railway, Sini, Western Railway, Udaipur.
6. General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
(NFIR), 3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.
7. General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4,
State Entry Road, New Delhi.
8. Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association
(FROA), Room No. 365-A, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.
9. Secretary General, Indian Railway Promotee Officers Federation
(IRPOF), Room No. 268, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.
10. Secretary General, All India RPF Association, Room No. 549, Rail
Bhavan, New Delhi.
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