Train Numbering Analysis

“• For those who wonder about the person behind the soft voice of announcer in railway stations.

• On the occasion of INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY,MID DAY newspaper unveils the name behind the voice

• she is Sarala Chaudhary,now she is 49yr oldshe was posted as a announcer in 1982

Introduction• On December 20, 2010 indian railways

switches to existing four-digit numbering to five-digit according to the decision of Ministry of Railways (india).

• If we know the technique of numbering.• it is easy to find details of train like

type,zone,division etc.

12711

Second digit

First digit

Third digit

Fourth & Fifth digit

First digit

0 – special trains.1 – all long distance trains.2 – it is also for long-distance trains; used when train numbers starting with 1 are exhausted in any series.3 - is for Kolkata suburban trains.

First digit

4 - is for suburban trains in Chennai,New Delhi, Secunderabad & other metropolitan areas5 - is for passenger trains with conventional coaches6 - is for MEMU trains (main line electric multiple unit)

First digit

7 - is for DMU (DEMU) and railcar services.(diesel electrical multiple unit) 8 - is currently reserved.9 - is for Mumbai area suburban trains.

Second digit

0 - is for Konkan Railway1 - is for CR, WCR and NCR2 - is for superfasts, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, and some other classes of trains 3 - is for ER and ECR

Second digit

4 - is for NR, NCR and NWR 5 - is for NER and NFR6 - is for SR and SWR7 - is for SCR and SWR8 - is for SER and ECoR9 - is for WR, NWR and WCR

It is the link of second and third digits

Third digit

2nd & 3rd Digits

Second digit

Third digit

Eastern and East Central Railway

30 is for Howrah31 is for Sealdah32 is for Danapur33 is for Dhanbad34 is for Malda35 is for Asansol

Northern, North Central and North Western Railway

40 is for New Delhi41 is for Allahabad (NCR)42 is for Lucknow43 is for Moradabad44 is other45 is for Ambala46 is for Firozpur47 is for Bikaner(NWR)48 is for Jodhpur(NWR)

North-Eastern and North-east Frontier Railways

50 is for Lucknow (BG, NER)51 is for Varanasi (BG, NER)52 is for Sonepur(BG, NER)53 is for Lucknow (MG, NER)54 is for Varanasi (MG, NER)55 is for Samastipur (MG, NER)56 is for Lumding (BG, NFR)57 is for Katihar (BG/MG)58 is for Lumding 59 is for Tinsukia (NFR)

Southern and South-Western Railways

60 is for Chennai61 is for Chennai Egmore62 is for Mysore (SWR)63 is for Thiruvananthapuram64 is not in use65 is for Bangalore (SWR)66 is for Palghat67 is for Madurai68 is for Trichy

South-Central and South-Western Railways

70 is for Secunderabad71 other72 is for Vijayawada73 is for Hubli (SWR, BG)74 is for Guntakal (BG)75 is for Hyderabad76 is for Kacheguda77 is for Guntakal (MG)78 is for Hubli (SWR, MG)

South-Eastern, South-East Central and East-Coast Railways

80 is for Kharagpur81 is for Chakradharpur82 is for Bilaspur83 is for Sambalpur and others84 is for Khurda Road85 is for Waltair86 is for Adra

Western, North-Western and West-Central Railways

90 is for Mumbai91 is for Vadodara92 is for Bhavnagar (BG)93 is for Ratlam94 is for Kota (WCR)95 other96 is for Ajmer (NWR)97 is for Jaipur (NWR)98 is for Bhavnagar (MG)99 is for Rajkot

SUPER FAST

20 is for Shatabdis & JanShatabdis21 is for CR and WCR 22 is for NR, NCR, NWR 23 is for ER & ECR24 is for NR, NCR & NWR 25 is for NER & NFR26 is for SR & SWR27 is for SCR & SWR 28 is for SER,SECR& ECoR 29 is for WR, WCR &NWR

Fourth & Fifth digitThese are the just serial number for a given set of trains

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Superfast train is 110-150kmphExpress/mail trains is 90- 130kmph

Difference between Superfast and Express trains

Thanks!

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