Abbreviation of Indian State

1.  Andhra Pradesh  - AP
2.  Arunachal Pradesh -  AR
3.  Assam  -  AS
4.  Bihar  - BR
5.  Chhattisgarh - CG
6.   Goa  - GA
7.   Gujarat  - GJ

Abbreviations of Country of World

General - Abbreviations - Country

1. AF - AFGHANISTAN
2. AL - ALBANIA
3. DZ - ALGERIA
4. AS - AMERICAN SAMOA
5. AD - ANDORRA
6. AO - ANGOLA
7. AI - ANGUILLA
8. AQ - ANTARCTICA
9. AG - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Railway - Abbreviations For Loco / Coach / Wagon Manufacturers

Abbreviations For Loco / Coach / Wagon Manufacturers

 

ABB	ASEA Brown-Boveri, Switzerland
ALCO	American Locomotive Co., USA
BBUNL	Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam, Ltd. , Kolkata
BEML	Bharat Earth Movers Limited
BHEL	Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BLW	Baldwin Locomotive Works, USA
BP	Beyer Peacock, Manchester
BSCL	Burn Standard Co., Ltd.
BTH	British Thomson Houston
BWEL	Bharat Wagon and Engineering Co., Ltd.
CLW	1. Chittaranjan Loco Works 2. Canadian Locomotive Works
DLW	Diesel Loco Works, Varanasi
ICF	Integral Coach Factory, Perambur
ISW	Indian Standard Wagon Works, Satna
LHB	Linke Hoffman Busch GmbH, Germany
MLW	Montreal Locomotive Works
MV	Metropolitan Vickers
NBL	North British Locomotive Co
RCF	Railway Coach Factory, Kapurthala
TELCO	Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co.
WB	William G. Bagnall, Stafford, UK
WIL	Wagon India Ltd.

Railway - Abbreviations Technical Terms Traffic, Safety & Signaling

Abbreviations For RLY Technical Terms  Traffic, Safety & Signaling

 

ABS	Automatic Block Signaling
ACD	Anti-Collision Device
AE	Automatic Emergency (type of brake system in Loco)
AFTC	Audio Frequency Track Circuiting
ATC	Automated Train Control
ATP	Automatic Train Protection
ATS	Automatic Train Stop
ATV	Automatic Vacuum Brake
BPC	Brake Power Certificate
BS	Braking in Series configuration
BSL	Block Section Limit
BSP	Braking in Series-Parallel configuration
CDO	Coaching Depot
CLS	Colour light signalling
COCR	Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run
COFC	Container on flat car
CTC	Centralised Traffic Control
DAC	Digital Axle Counter
FM	Fouling Mark
MACLS	Multiple Aspect Colour Light signalling
NI	Non-Interlocked
NX	eNtrance-eXit (interlocking panels)
PI	Panel Interlocking
OFC	Optical Fibre Cable
RPC	Resistance Power Control
SPAD	Signal Passed At Danger
SSDAC	Solid State Digital Axle Counter
SSI	Solid State Interlocking
STRI	Stencil type Route Indicator
SW	Single wire (Semaphore signals)
SWR	1. Station Working Rules 2. Short Welded Rail
TALQ	Two-Aspect Lower Quadrant
TAWD	Train Actuated Warning Device
Tr. Ckt.	Track Circuit
TRT	Traffic Recovery Time

Railway - Abbreviations Technical Terms Loco & Traction

Abbreviations For RLY Technical Terms Loco & Traction

AVB	Automatic Vacuum Brake
BS	Braking in Series configuration
BSP	Braking in Series-Parallel configuration
DJ	From the French disjoncteur, the main circuit breaker of an electric loco

Railway - Abbreviations For Technical Rly Terms of Pway & Works

Abbreviations For Technical Rly Terms of Pway & Works

 

COCR	Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run
CTR	Complete Track Renewal
CWR	Continuous Welded Rail
LWR	Long Welded Rail

Railway - Abbreviations & Code - Miscellaneous

ACC	Air-Conditioned coach or class
ACP	Alarm Chain Pulling
ADEE	Assistant Divisional Electrical Engineer
AE, AEN	Assistant Engineer