*Railway - Abbreviations For Zone & Old Railway

Indian Railways – Historical Railway Companies Abbreviations

 

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	ADCR	Agra–Delhi Chord Railway
2	BAR	Bengal Assam Railway
3	BCR	Bengal Central Railway
4	BDR	Bankura Damodar Railway
5	BDR	Bengal Dooars Railway
6	BB&CI	Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
7	BNR	Bengal Nagpur Railway
8	EBR	East Bengal Railway
9	EBSR	East Bengal State Railway
10	EIR	East Indian Railway
11	GIPR	Great Indian Peninsula Railway
12	JSR	Jodhpur State Railway
13	JBR	Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway
14	MSR	Mysore State Railway
15	NMR	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
16	NSR	Nizam's State Railway
17	OTR	Oudh and Tirhut Railway
18	SSLR	Shahdara–Saharanpur Light Railway
19	SSR	Sangli State Railway
20	SSR	Scindia State Railway
21	TBLR	Tezpur–Balipara Light Railway
22	WCSR	Wardha Coal State Railway
23	WIPR	West of India Portuguese Railway
24	IR	Indian Railways

 

Indian Railways – Zone Abbreviations

S.No.	Abbreviation	Zone Name	Headquarters
1	CR	Central Railway	Mumbai
2	ECR	East Central Railway	Hajipur
3	ECoR	East Coast Railway	Bhubaneswar
4	ER	Eastern Railway	Kolkata
5	NCR	North Central Railway	Prayagraj
6	NER	North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur
7	NFR	Northeast Frontier Railway	Maligaon (Guwahati)
8	NR	Northern Railway	New Delhi
9	NWR	North Western Railway	Jaipur
10	SCR	South Central Railway	Secunderabad
11	SECR	South East Central Railway	Bilaspur
12	SER	South Eastern Railway	Kolkata
13	SR	Southern Railway	Chennai
14	SWR	South Western Railway	Hubballi
15	WCR	West Central Railway	Jabalpur
16	WR	Western Railway	Mumbai
17	ECOR	East Coast Railway (Alternate Official Capitalization: ECoR)	Bhubaneswar
18	SCoR	South Coast Railway	Visakhapatnam