*Indian Railways Organizations & Corporations Abbreviations

Indian Railways Organizations & Corporations Abbreviations

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	AIRF	All India Railwaymen's Federation
2	BCL	Braithwaite & Co. Limited
3	BMRC	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation
4	BMRCL	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited
5	CMC	Computer Maintenance Corporation (Historical)
6	CMRL	Chennai Metro Rail Limited
7	COFMOW	Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops
8	CONCOR	Container Corporation of India Limited
9	COOIS	Central Organisation for Operations Information System

*Indian States and Union Territories Abbreviations : State Codes with Capitals

 Indian States Abbreviations

S.No.	State Code	State	Capital
1	AP	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati*
2	AR	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
3	AS	Assam	Dispur
4	BR	Bihar	Patna
5	CG	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
6	GA	Goa	Panaji
7	GJ	Gujarat	Gandhinagar
8	HR	Haryana	Chandigarh

*World Country World Country Abbreviations List (A–Z) with Capitals and Continents List (A–Z) with Capitals and Continents

World Country Abbreviations List (A–Z) with Capitals and Continents

 

S.No.	Country Code	Country	Capital	Continent
1	AF	Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia
2	AL	Albania	Tirana	Europe
3	DZ	Algeria	Algiers	Africa
4	AS	American Samoa	Pago Pago	Oceania
5	AD	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe
6	AO	Angola	Luanda	Africa
7	AI	Anguilla	The Valley	North America
8	AQ	Antarctica	No Official Capital	Antarctica
9	AG	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America
10	AR	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America
11	AM	Armenia	Yerevan	Asia
12	AW	Aruba	Oranjestad	North America
13	AU	Australia	Canberra	Oceania
14	AT	Austria	Vienna	Europe
15	AZ	Azerbaijan	Baku	Asia
16	BS	Bahamas	Nassau	North America
17	BH	Bahrain	Manama	Asia
18	BD	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia
19	BB	Barbados	Bridgetown	North America

*Indian Railways Loco, Coach & Wagon Manufacturers Abbreviations – Full Forms

 

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	ABB	ASEA Brown Boveri Ltd. (Now ABB Group, Switzerland)
2	ALCO	American Locomotive Company, USA
3	BBUNL	Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited (Historical)
4	BEML	BEML Limited (Formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited)
5	BHEL	Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
6	BLW	Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi (Formerly DLW)
7	BP	Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited, Manchester, UK (Historical)
8	BSCL	Burn Standard Company Limited (Historical)
9	BTH	British Thomson-Houston Company (Historical)
10	BWEL	Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited (Historical)
11	CLW	Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
12	DLW	Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi (Former Name of BLW)
13	ICF	Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
14	ISW	Indian Standard Wagon Company, Satna (Historical)
15	LHB	Linke-Hofmann-Busch GmbH, Germany
16	MCF	Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
17	MLW	Montreal Locomotive Works, Canada (Historical)
18	MV	Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, UK (Historical)
19	NBL	North British Locomotive Company, Scotland (Historical)
20	RCF	Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
21	RWF	Rail Wheel Factory, Bengaluru
22	RWP	Rail Wheel Plant, Bela (Bihar)
23	TELCO	Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (Now Tata Motors Limited)
24	WIL	Wagon India Limited (Historical)
25	WB	William Beardmore & Company Ltd., UK (Historical)

*Indian Railways Technical Terms Abbreviations Traffic, Safety & Signalling

 Indian Railways Technical Terms Abbreviations Traffic, Safety & Signalling

 

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	ABS	Automatic Block Signalling
2	ACD	Anti-Collision Device
3	AE	Automatic Emergency Brake
4	AFTC	Audio Frequency Track Circuit
5	ATC	Automatic Train Control
6	ATP	Automatic Train Protection
7	ATS	Automatic Train Stop
8	ATVM	Automatic Ticket Vending Machine
9	BPC	Brake Power Certificate
10	BS	Braking in Series

*Indian Railways Loco & Traction Technical Abbreviations – Full Forms

 

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	AVB	Automatic Vacuum Brake
2	BS	Braking in Series
3	BSP	Braking in Series-Parallel
4	DEMU	Diesel Electric Multiple Unit
5	DETC	Diesel Electric Tower Car
6	DHMU	Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit
7	DMH	Dead Man's Handle
8	DMU	Diesel Multiple Unit

*Indian Railways P-Way & Works Technical Abbreviations – Full Forms

 

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	BCM	Ballast Cleaning Machine
2	BFR	Ballast Full Renewal
3	CFTM	Chief Track Machine Engineer
4	COCR	Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run
5	CTR	Complete Track Renewal
6	CWR	Continuous Welded Rail
7	DFCC	Dedicated Freight Corridor
8	DFR	Deep Screening of Track
9	FRM	Flash Butt Rail Welding Machine
10	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

*Indian Railways Train, Ticket, Quota & Travel Class Abbreviations

Indian Railways Ticket & Reservation Abbreviations

S.No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1	CK	Tatkal Quota
2	TQ	Tatkal Quota
3	DF	Defence Quota
4	DP	Duty Pass
5	FT	Foreign Tourist Quota
6	GN	General Quota

*Railway - GOODS STOCKS CODES

S.No.	Code	Full Form	Type
1	BOXN	Bogie Open High-sided Wagon	Open Wagon
2	BOXNHA	Bogie Open High Axle Load Wagon	Open Wagon
3	BOXNHS	Bogie Open High Speed Wagon	Open Wagon
4	BOXNCR	Bogie Open Corrosion Resistant Wagon	Open Wagon
5	BOXNLW	Bogie Open Lightweight Wagon	Open Wago

*Railway - COACHING STOCK CODES

Basic Coaching Stock Codes

 

S.No.	Code	Meaning
1	W	Vestibule Coach
2	L	LHB Coach
3	G	Self Generating Coach
4	S	Second Class Coach
5	F	First Class Coach
6	FC	First Class Coupe
7	AC	Air Conditioned Coach
8	CW	AC Two Tier Sleeper
9	CN	AC Three Tier Sleeper
10	CZ	Chair Car
11	CB	Pantry / Buffet Car
12	CD	Dining Car