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| Date | 2010-09-09 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | train-services |
| Currency | Historical — likely superseded |
Five digit train numbering scheme trains fall shall be the guiding factor for the numbering of trains.
No -2007/Chg-I/22/2-Numbering. Dated: 09/09/2010 The General Managers (Optg), All India Railways. Sub: Five digit train numbering scheme Five digit train numbering scheme has become necessary in view of the four digit numbering scheme having got exhausted as also the need to capture the Passenger and suburban train services in the COA, ICMS, PRS and other Software applications. The telecommunication equipment available in the country may not be having alphabetical keypads Particularly in interior rural areas and therefore alpha- numeric numbering scheme has not been considered. holiday specials, trains run on Railways Convenience, mixed trains, and all such trains which are normally running on a Scheduled path and whose running is to be monitored or information made available to the Public/customers. Other than the freight trains on the FOIS, the Proposed train numbering scheme will be capable of capturing the rest. Ministry of Railways desire therefore that all the Passenger carrying trains be renumbered as per the five digit train numbering scheme. A. For all Mail/Express trains including Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Sampark Kranti, Jan Sadharan, Garib Rath, Super-fast trains etc. 4; All Mail/Express trains including Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Sampark Kranti, Jan Sadharan, Garib Rath, Super-fast trains, trains which for a part of the journey have a Mail/Express character in any one direction, and which ‘presently have a four digit number, shall be prefixed with the digit ‘1’. The existing four digit train numbering system for these trains shall continue. 2. Wherever the four digit numbering scheme Shall get exhausted under the plan at para 1 mentioned above, the prefix of ‘2’ shall be utilized as the first of the 5 digits instead of digit ‘1’ and for the rest four digits, the existing numbering scheme would be followed. 3. All the remaining passenger trains, some of which may be having a four digit number, like Mail/Express trains, but do not have a Mail/Express character on any part of the journey, shall not be prefixed by digit ‘1’ or digit ‘2’ , but shall be freshly numbered as per the numbering scheme enumerated below. lof? B. For special trains, like the summer/festival Specials or trains to clear extra rush. Special trains, like the summer/festival specials or trains to clear _— extra rush include all trains that are run as special trains for the general public, whether fully reserved or fully unreserved or a mix of the same. These Special trains may be for the purpose of holiday rush, festival specials, Clearing extra wait list, or for clearing rush for any purpose. They shall not include trains like the military and other departmental trains that are normally not advertised. All the FTR and other booked specials that maybe pure passenger specials also shall be covered under this numbering system even if they are not fired in the PRS. The trains under this category shall be numbered by prefixing the special train digit ‘0’. The special trains code prefix shall be followed by the existing four digit train numbering scheme, again, on the basis of the primary maintenance of the train, i.e., the ownership of the train. Thus, all the special trains shall also be numbered in four digits as per the existing train numbering scheme for the express trains except that these trains shall be prefixed with the digit ‘0’. C. For all Passenger trains including EMUs/MEMUs/DEMUs/Rail Car etc. but not including Suburban trains. 6. All passenger trains running with conventional coaches, MEMU stock, DEMU stock, Rail Car etc are included in the category of passenger trains (as opposed to Express trains). Presently there is no uniform scheme of train numbering being followed by ‘the zonal railways. No instructions for uniform numbering of passenger trains have been issued by Railway Board either, Since the uniform four digit train numbering scheme is well understood and established over all In
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