Indian Railway Abbreviations

Below is a curated list of commonly used abbreviations across Indian Railways.

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1. Different Kinds of Waitlists in Indian Railways

Below are the different abbreviations used in Indian Railways for various kinds of Waitlists.

# Abbreviation Full Form
1 GNWL General Wait List ✓ Verified
2 CKWL Tatkal Waiting List
3 RLWL Remote Location Wait List
4 PQWL Pooled Quota Wait List ✓ Verified
5 WL Waiting List
6 TQWL Tatkal Wait List ✓ Verified
7 RQWL Request Wait List
8 RSWL Road Side Wait List ✓ Verified

2. Different Kinds of Ticket Quotas in Indian Railways

Below are the different seat quota abbreviations used in Indian Railways.

# Abbreviation Full Form
9 TQ Tatkal Quota ✓ Verified
10 SS Single Senior Citizen Quota ✓ Verified
11 DF Defence Quota ✓ Verified
12 FT Foreign Tourist Quota ✓ Verified

3. Other Commonly Known Abbreviations

Below is a list of specific abbreviations that are commonly known and heavily used across Indian Railways.

# Abbreviation Full Form
13 IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited ✓ Verified
14 PRS Passenger Reservation System ✓ Verified
15 ARS Advance Reservation System ✓ Verified
16 CNF Confirmed Ticket
17 RAC Reservation Against Cancellation
18 PNR Passenger Name Record
19 IR Indian Railways
20 RRB Railway Recruitment Board ✓ Verified
21 RPF Railway Protection Force

4. Different Coach Classes

Indian Railways operates different seating classes across trains. Below is a curated list of different abbreviations associated with various seating classes.

# Abbreviation Full Form
22 1A/H First AC ✓ Verified
23 2A Second AC ✓ Verified
24 3A Third AC ✓ Verified
25 SL Sleeper Class
26 CC Chair Car ✓ Verified
27 EC Executive Chair ✓ Verified
28 2S Second Seating ✓ Verified
29 FC First Class (Non-AC) ✓ Verified
30 UR Unreserved ✓ Verified
31 GN General ✓ Verified

5. Different Seatings

Below abbreviations are used to indicate a particular berth inside a train coach.

# Abbreviation Full Form
32 LB Lower Berth ✓ Verified
33 UB Upper Berth
34 MB Middle Berth ✓ Verified
35 SL Side Lower ✓ Verified
36 SU Side Upper
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