How does IR name its trains?

June 28, 2019, 11:43 AM
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All trains on IR are identified by primarily through their numbers (either the 4-digit nationwide numbers or the zonal numbers for local passenger trains). However, as a convenience, most trains (other than some very frequent local services such as EMU/MEMU or passenger shuttles) are referred to by names in IR’s literature and also by the travelling public. The most common way to name a train is by providing the endpoints of the train and the train class designation, e.g., Bangalore-Chennai Mail, Pune-Hyderabad Passenger, etc. A lot of trains have specific names, however (see below for a list), based on names of landmarks (rivers, mountains, etc.), regions, famous personalities, abstract qualities, and so on.

Note that because of the absence of standardization for transliteration of names from Indian languages, the English (Romanized) version of a train name may have several variants. E.g., Sheshadri Exp. or Seshadri Exp., Avadh Exp. or Awadh Exp. Word breaks or hyphenation may also cause confusion, e.g., Janseva Exp. or Jan Seva Exp. On occasion the IR reservations system will use slight variations on the standard names of trains, sometimes for the sole purpose of distinguishing trains that have the same endpoints, e.g., Howrah-Mumbai Mail (2321, via Allahabad), Howrah-Bombay Mail (2810, via Nagpur), and Howrah-Kurla Mail (8030)

Source – IFRCA.org

 

 

 

 
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