Logic Behind Five Digit Indian railway Train numbers
May be like me sometimes you thought How Indian railway Manage the Train numbers OR
What is the system behind Five Digit the numbering of trains? or
Is train Numbers given depend on Zones of train?
Can we know the logic behind train numbers?
through Trains numbers you can decide the train route and Zone, Yes it true. Lets see Logic behind the Train Numbers.
In the 5-digit train numbering scheme, the first digit indicates the type of the trains, as follows:
- 0 is for special trains (e.g., summer specials, holiday specials, Suvidha, Premium etc.)
- 1 is for all long-distance trains, including the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Sadharan, Sampark Kranti, Garib Rath, Duronto, and other classes.
- 2 is also for long-distance trains; it is to be used when train numbers starting with 1 are exhausted in any series.
- 3 is for Kolkata suburban trains.
- 4 is for suburban trains in Chennai, New Delhi, Secunderabad, and other metropolitan areas.
- 5 is for passenger trains with conventional coaches
- 6 is for MEMU trains
- 7 is for DMU (DEMU) and railcar services.
- 8 is currently reserved
- 9 is for Mumbai area suburban trains
I am Sure Now you can Identify that this train is Passneger or Metropolitan or long route train. 0, 1, 2: In the case of special trains, and long-distance express trains, i.e., trains starting with digits ‘0’, ‘1’, or ‘2’.
Now through below logic you can identified Train Running from Which Zone.
All About About Second Digit (Ex: 19045 1 for long Route and 9 Read Below line)
- 0 is for Konkan Railway
- 1 is for CR, WCR and NCR(?)
- 2 is for superfasts, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, and some other classes of trains regardless of zones. For these, the next digit is usually the zone code.
- 3 is shared by ER and ECR
- 4 is for NR, NCR and NWR
- 5 is shared by NER and NFR
- 6 is for SR and SWR
- 7 is shared by SCR and SWR
- 8 is for SER and ECoR
- 9 is for WR, NWR and WCR
After Read this post you will able to identify Trains Zone and Type through Train Numbers.