List of Indian Railway abbreviations With PDF

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is under the ownership of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the Indian Railways. It has been listed on the National Stock Exchange since 2019, with the Government continuing to hold majority ownership.

List of Indian Railway abbreviations With PDF

LEGENDS
Symbol	Description
CAN / MOD	Cancelled or Modified Passenger
CNF / Confirmed	Confirmed (Coach/Berth number will be available after chart preparation)
RAC	Reservation Against Cancellation
WL #	Waiting List Number
RLWL	Remote Location Wait List
GNWL	General Wait List
PQWL	Pooled Quota Wait List
REGRET/WL	No More Booking Permitted
RELEASED	Ticket Not Cancelled but Alternative Accommodation Provided
R# #	RAC Coach Number Berth Number
WEBCAN	Railway Counter Ticket Passenger cancelled through internet and Refund not collected
WEBCANRF	Railway Counter Ticket Passenger cancelled through internet and Refund collected
RQWL	Roadside Quota Waitlist
DPWL	Duty Pass Waitlist
TQWL	Tatkal Quota Waitlist

A AC: Air-conditioned 

ACC: Air-conditioned coach or class

• ACCC: Air-conditioned chair car

• ACP: Alarm chain pulling

C

• CC: Chair car

• Cant., Cantt: Cantonment (in station names)

E

• EC or ECC: Executive chair car

• ECR: Empty coaching rake

• EFC: Eastern freight corridor

• EQ: Emergency quota

• ESCAP: Economic and social commission for Asia and Pacific

• ESM: Electronic signal maintainer

• ETA: Estimated time of arrival

• Exp.: Express

• EY: Empty rake (on train monitoring systems)

F

• F: Forward journey (in train number annotations)

• FC: First class, also financial commissioner, also freight corridor

• FEDL: Fully electrified double line

• FOB: Foot overbridge (a pedestrian overpass)

• FOIS: Freight operation information system

• FRED: Flashing rear end device (a warning lamp at the rear of a train)

• • FT: Foreign tourist (annotation on reservation charts)

  J

  • JOH: Junction of head - point where the tongue rail approaches the main rail in a switch

  • Jn.: Junction (in station names)

  L

  • LB: Lower Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)

  • LC: Level Crossing

  • LQ: Ladies Quota

  M

  • MB: Middle berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)

  • MCO: Military control office (coordinates ticketing and accommodation for military personnel at some railway stations)

  • Mxd.: Mixed (in train names)

  • M/E: Mail/express (on tickets)

  • M/L: Main line

  N

  • NTES: National train enquiry system (phone-based train/reservation status)

  • NV: Non-vegetarian (meal or restaurant)

  P

  • PCV: Passenger coaching vehicle

  • Pass., Pgr.: Passenger (train)

  • PF: Platform (sometimes P/F)

  • PH: Parliamentary quota

  • PNR: Passenger name record (Passenger numeric record)

  • PQ: Pooled quota

  • PQWL: Pooled quota waiting list

  • PRS: Passenger reservation system

  • PS: Passenger service (in indicating kinds of bookings available at ticket agency)

  • PWI: Permanent way inspector

  R

  • R: Return journey (in train number annotations)

  • RA: Running allowance (in calculating drivers' pay)

  • Raj: Rajdhani Express

  • Rd.: Road (in station names)

  • RAC: Reservation against cancellation

  • RCC: Railway convention committee

  • R Fee, Res Fee: Reservation fee (annotation on ticket)

  • RJQ: Return journey quota

  • RLWL: Running line waiting list

  • RMS: Railway mail service

  • ROB: Road over-bridge (i.e., road goes over train tracks)

  • RPF: Railway pension fund (also see above, organizations)

  • RR: Railway receipt, refreshment room

  • RRF: Railway reserve fund

  • RTR: Ready-to-run (modelling kits)

  • RTSA: Rail travellers' service agents

  S

  • SCRA: Special class railway apprentice

  • Sh. CC: Shatabdi chair car

  • SLB: Side lower berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)

  • SM: Station master

  T

  • TDR: Ticket Deposit Receipt (when surrendering ticket for cancellation / refund)

  • TQ: Tatkal quota

  U

  UB: Upper Berth (annotation on ticket for sleeping accommodation)

  V

  • V: Vegetarian (meal or restaurant)

  • V Ch, Vou Ch: Voucher charges (annotation on ticket)

  • VG: Vegetarian (meal or restaurant), also Vehicle guidance (the record of identifying numbers for coaches/wagons that make up a train)

  • VLRR: Vegetarian light refreshment room

  W

  • WL, W/L: Waiting list; Wait-listed (ticket issued without confirmed accommodations)

  • WM: Works manager

  • W/T: Without ticket

  • 2T: Two-tier (as in "AC-2T" = airconditioned two-tier coach)

  • 3T: Three-tier