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AC
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Air-Conditioned
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ACC
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Air-Conditioned coach or class
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ACCC
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Air-Conditioned Chair Car
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ACP
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Alarm Chain Pulling(!)
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ADE, ADEN
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Assistant Divisional Engineer
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ADEE
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Assistant Divisional Electrical Engineer
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ADME
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Assistant Divisional Mechanical Engineer
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AE, AEN
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Assistant Engineer (see also Technical terms above)
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AEC
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Accident Enquiry Committee
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ALK
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Allowance in Lieu of Kilometrage (in calculating payments for loco pilots/drivers)
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ARMV
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Accident Relief Medical Van
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ART
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Accident Relief Train
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ARTS
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Advanced Railway Ticketing System
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ASM
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Assistant Station Master
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AW
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Auxiliary Watering (in working timetables)
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AWS
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Auxiliary Warning System
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BESA
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British Engineering Standards Association
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BG
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Broad Gauge
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BIO-TOIL
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'Biological Toilet' - eco-friendly toilet with bacterial decomposition facility developed by ICF for use on railway coaches.
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B/L
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Branch Line
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BOLT
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Build-Own-Lease-Transfer: private ownership/operation scheme for various freight & passenger services and infrastructure.
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BPS
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Blue Parcel Service
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CA&FO
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Chief Accounting and Finance Officer
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CARS
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Central Accounting and Reporting System (consolidated reports of ARTS ticketing during the day)
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CBO
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City Booking Office
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CC
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Chair Car
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CCS
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Chief Commercial Superintendent
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CCTV
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Closed-Circuit TV
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CEE
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Chief Electrical Engineer
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CFTS
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Chief Freight Traffic Superintendent
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CFS
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Container Freight Station
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CHA
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Custom House Agent
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CME
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Chief Mechanical Engineer
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COIS
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Coaching Operations Information System
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Conc.
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Concessional fare (annotation on ticket)
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CARTRAC
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(not really an acronym) CONCOR's automobile transport service
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CONCERT
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COuntrywide Network of Computerised Enhanced Reservation and Ticketing
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CONTRACK
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(not really an acronym) CONCOR's container freight service
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COW
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Career On Wheels: informal classrooms for teaching English, etc., on board trains
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CRS
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Chief Reservations Supervisor, Computerised Reservation System Commissioner of Rail Safety
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CT
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Control Tower
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CTI
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Central Training Institute
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CTR
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Combined Train Report
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CTU
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Centralized Training Unit
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CVM
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Coupon Validating Machine (for ticketing with prepaid coupons)
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C&W
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Carriage & Wagon (staff for plumbing, electricals, amenities)
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CW
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Carriage Watering facilities (in working timetables)
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DAL
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Delhi Avoiding Line, a route for goods trains to avoid the central New Delhi area.
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DCT
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Domestic Container Terminal (as opposed to the ones equipped for international freight)
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DEE
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Divisional Electrical Engineer (Sr. DEE = Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer)
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DF
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Development Fund
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DFC
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Dedicated Freight Corridor
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DF
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Defence quota
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DME
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Divisional Mechanical Engineer
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DP
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Duty Pass
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DRF
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Depreciation Reserve Fund
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DRM
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Divisional Railway Manager
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DRUCC
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Divisional (or District) Rail Users Consultative Committee
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DSC
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Dual-stacked (or double-stacked) containers
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E/A
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Extra time Allowed (slack in train's schedule for a section)
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EC or ECC
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Executive Chair Car
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ECR
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Empty Coaching Rake
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EFC
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Eastern Freight Corridor
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EQ
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Emergency Quota
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ESCAP
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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ESM
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Electronic Signal Maintainer
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ETA
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Estimated Time of Arrival
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EY
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Empty rake (on train monitoring systems)
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F
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Forward journey (in train number annotations)
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FC
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First Class, also Financial Commissioner, also Freight Corridor
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FEDL
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Fully Electrified Double Line
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FOB
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Foot Overbridge (a pedestrian overpass); Fuel Oil Balance
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FOIS
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Freight Operation Information System
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FRED
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Flashing Rear End Device (a warning lamp at the rear of a train)
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FT
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Foreign Tourist (annotation on reservation charts)
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G
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Goods
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GAL
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Goods Avoiding Line
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GIT
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Goods Intermodal Transshipment (e.g., "GIT yard")
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GM
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General Manager
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GR
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General Rules (railway regulations and operating procedures)
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GRP
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Government Railway Police
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GSA
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General Sales Agent (for bookings and Indrail passes sold abroad)
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GTKM
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Gross Tonne KM
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HDR
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High-Density Route
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HDN
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High-Density Network ('Golden quadrilateral' and others)
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HO
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Head Office (a type of quota for tickets)
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HP
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Handicapped Persons quota
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HSRL
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High Speed Rail Line (or Link)
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IBP
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Intermediate Block Post
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IC
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Inspection Carriage (Saloon)
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ICD
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Inland Container Depot
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ICTT
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International Container Transshipment Terminal
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I-ASK
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Inter-Active Status Kiosk (to check reservation / train status)
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IMPRESS
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Integrated Multi-train Passenger REServation System
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IOH
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Intermediate Overhaul
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IOW
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Inspector of Works
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IRMP
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Integrated Railway Modernization Plan
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IRP
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Indrail Pass
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IRS
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Indian Railway Standard (pre-Independence railway standards body)
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IRVS
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Interactive Voice Response System
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JOH
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Junction of Head - point where the tongue rail approaches the main rail in a switch
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JUSBRL
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Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link (Kashmir Valley railway project)
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LB
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Lower Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)
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LC
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Level Crossing
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LHF
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Long Hood Forward
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LHL
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Long Hood Leading
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LI
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Loco Inspector
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L/L
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Local Line
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LQ
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Ladies Quota
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LRT
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Light Rail Transit
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LV
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Last Vehicle
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MB
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Middle Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)
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MCO
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Military Control Office (coordinates ticketing and accommodation for military personnel at some railway stations)
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M/E
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Mail/Express (on tickets)
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MG
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Meter Gauge, also Motor Generator
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MGC
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Mekong Ganga Cooperation group, an association of India and south-east Asian countries, which among other things aim to build a rail link from India to Vietnam.
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M/L
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Main Line
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MOW
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Maintenance of Way
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MRT
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Medical Relief Train (self-propelled medical van for accidents)
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MRTC
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Mobile Radio Train Communication
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MSL
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Mean Sea Level
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MTP
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Metropolitan Transport Project (body studying Calcutta's transit problems in the 1960's)
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NETRA
|
Network of Electrification -- Testing and Recording Apparatus
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NG
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Narrow Gauge
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NLT
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Not Losing Time
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NMG
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New Maruti Goods / New Modified Goods (wagons)
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NOSTRAC
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North-South Transport Corridor (proposed Central Asia - Iran - India link)
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NP
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Non-pooled (referring to freight stock)
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NR
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'Not Received' (referring to freight consignments delayed or missing in transit)
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NRC
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Non-railway Customer (any customer other than the zonal railways, for the products of CLW, DLW, etc.)
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NTES
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National Train Enquiry System (phone-based train/reservation status)
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NTKM
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Net Tonne-Kilometer
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NV
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Non-Vegetarian (meal or restaurant)
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NVOCC
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Non-Vehicle Owning/Operating Common Carrier
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OA
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Out-Agency
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OCV
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Other Coaching Vehicle
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OIGS
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On India Government Service (for mail, etc.)
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Ordy.
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Ordinary = Stopping passenger (on tickets)
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OSD
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Officer on Special Duty
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OYWS
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Own Your Wagon Scheme
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PAR
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Parcel Service (in indicating kinds of bookings available at ticket agency)
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PCV
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Passenger Coaching Vehicle
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PF
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Platform (sometimes P/F)
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PH
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Parliamentary Quota
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PNR
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Passenger Name Record (Passenger Numeric Record?) (identifying number for ticket)
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POH
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Periodic Overhaul
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POL
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Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (designation for oil cargo)
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PQ
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Pooled Quota
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PQWL
|
Pooled Quota Waiting List
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PRS
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Passenger Reservation System
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PS
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Passenger Service (in indicating kinds of bookings available at ticket agency)
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PSCT
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Port-side Container Terminal
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PU
|
Production Unit
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PWI
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Permanent Way Inspector
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R
|
Return journey (in train number annotations)
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RA
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Running Allowance (in calculating drivers' pay)
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RAC
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Reservation Against Cancellation
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RCC
|
Railway Convention Committee (also see above)
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R Fee, Res Fee
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Reservation fee (annotation on ticket)
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RJQ
|
Return Journey Quota
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RLWL
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Running Line Waiting List
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RMS
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Railway Mail Service
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ROB
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Road Over-bridge (i.e., road goes over train tracks)
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ROH
|
Routine Overhaul
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RO-RO (RORO)
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Roll-on, roll-off service (auto transport)
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ROW
|
Right of Way
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RPF
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Railway Pension Fund (also see above, organizations)
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RR
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Railway Receipt, Refreshment Room
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RRF
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Railway Reserve Fund
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RTR
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Ready-to-Run (modelling kits)
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RTSA
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Rail Travellers' Service Agents
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RUB
|
Road Under-bridge (i.e., road goes under train tracks)
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SATIS
|
Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme
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S Ch, SF Ch
|
Superfast Charges (annotation on ticket)
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SCRA
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Special Class Railway Apprentice
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SEB
|
State Electricity Board (any of the state bodies supplying electricity to IR)
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Sh. CC
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Shatabdi Chair Car
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SHF
|
Short Hood Forward
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SHL
|
Short Hood Leading
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SIL
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Safety Integrity Level - statistical measure of reliability of a safety system such as an interlocking system
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SLB
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Side Lower Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)
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SM
|
Station Master
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SPART
|
Self-Propelled Accident Relief Train - 3-coach accident relief rakes with two diesel power packs
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SPURT
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Self-Propelled Ultrasonic Rail Testing cars
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SR
|
Subsidiary Rules (for railway operation, see GR)
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SRUCC
|
Suburban Rail Users Consultative Committee (for Mumbai suburban services)
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SS
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Station Superintendent; Substation (electrification)
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SSD
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Spring Setting Device - spring-loaded mechanism on some switches to ensure proper alignment of tongue and stock rails
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SSE
|
Senior Section Engineer
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S&T
|
Signalling & Telecommunications
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STA
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Suburban Traffic Avoiding line : the fifth line between Borivali and Bandra Marshalling Yard, and between Mahim Junction and Mumbai Central in the Mumbai system.
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SUB
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Side Upper Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)
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TAAG
|
Trains At A Glance (a timetable publication)
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TAR
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Trans-Asian Railway (another proposed grand pan-Asian route)
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TBO
|
Town Booking Office
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TC
|
Trailer Car (unpowered car in EMU rake), Ticket Checker / Ticket Collector
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TCF
|
Train Coming From (condition of block instrument)
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TDR
|
Ticket Deposit Receipt (when surrendering ticket for cancellation / refund)
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TEU
|
Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (for measuring container traffic; a standard 40-foot container is 2 TEUs)
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TGT
|
Train Going To (condition of block instrument)
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TMS
|
Train Management System
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TRS
|
Traction Rolling Stock
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TS
|
Train Superintendent
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TT
|
Timetable
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TTE
|
Travelling Ticket Examiner
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TQ
|
Tatkal Quota
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TXR
|
Train Examiner, the officer who issues the BPC and VCC (Train Inspector)
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UB
|
Upper Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)
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UEC
|
Universal Emergency Communication (a system of on-board communication in some trains)
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V
|
Vegetarian (meal or restaurant)
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V Ch, Vou Ch
|
Voucher charges (annotation on ticket)
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VG
|
Vegetarian (meal or restaurant), also Vehicle Guidance (the record of identifying numbers for coaches/wagons that make up a train)
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VLRR
|
Vegetarian Light Refreshment Room
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VT
|
Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus)
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WFC
|
Western Freight Corridor
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WL, W/L
|
Waiting List; Wait-Listed (ticket issued without confirmed accommodations)
(Also as a sign: Whistle on approach to Level crossing!)
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WM
|
Works Manager
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W/T
|
Without Ticket
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ZDOT
|
Zero Death On Tracks (campaign to reduce fatalities from pedestrian trespassers)
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ZISTU
|
Zonal Integrated S&T Units
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ZTC
|
Zonal Training Centre
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2T
|
Two-tier (as in "AC-2T" = airconditioned two-tier coach)
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3T
|
Three-tier
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