Train Ticket Number Meaning: Railway is called lifeline in India. Here 75% people use train for long distance. Because, here is the fourth largest rail network in the world. Crores of people travel by train in India every day. There are thousands of trains in the country. We all travel by train, book a seat in the train according to our convenience. But even after traveling continuously, we do not know some information related to Indian Railways. We all read the name of the train written next to it, but have you ever thought about that number, why it is written and what it means? So we have brought information about these numbers for you.
numbers tell a lot
Mainly a 5 digit number is written on each coach of the train. They have different meanings. Its first two digits indicate the year in which the coach was made. For example, 92322 is written on a coach of a train. So according to the first two digits, this coach was manufactured in the year 1992. If the number of a coach is 0123, then its first two digits show that this coach was made in the year 2001.
The remaining three numbers tell whether the coach is AC 1 tier or 2 tier or general second class. Like 92322 is written on a coach. The remaining three numbers indicate to which category the coach belongs. As 322 shows that it is a second class sleeper coach.
0 to 9 gives information about railway zone
0 Central Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway.
2 Superfast, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi trains.
3 Eastern and East Central Railway.
4 Northern, North Western and North Central Railways.
5 National Eastern and North East Frontier Railway.
6 Southern and South Western Railway.
7 Southern Central and South Western Railway.
8 Southern Eastern and East Coast Railway.
9 North Western, Western and Western Central Railway.
Know the meaning of these numbers
001-025 : AC First class
026-050 : Composite 1AC + AC-2T
051-100 : AC-2T
101-150 : AC-3T
151-200 : CC (AC Chair Car)
201-400 : SL (2nd Class Sleeper)
401-600 : GS (General 2nd Class)
601-700 : 2S (2nd Class Sitting/Jan Shatabdi Chair Class)
701-800 : Sitting Cum Luggage Rake
801 + : Pantry Car, Generator or Mail
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Deccan Odyssey
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Maharaja Express
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Royal Rajasthan On Wheels
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Palace On Wheels
It is a luxury train that provides world class hosting and luxurious travel. It is a joint venture of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and Indian Railways. All kinds of latest facilities are available in this train.
Royal Orient
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