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Posted: Sep 14 2013 (22:28)
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Sep 14 2013 (22:28) HX/Kadapa Junction (Cuddapah) (3 PFs)
NICE SAM BLISS
NICE SAM BLISS 322 blog postsany one know the reason behind the station code "HX" of "cudappah" ?
This has been discussed several times at IRI but no answer has emerged till now .
Imagine a line which has been drawn on a map and all the stations on that line have been marked with an "X". The name of the stations have been written alongside their "Xs" . Now consider the case of Cuddapah on such a map. This would mean that the word "CUDDAPAH" and its corresponding "X" have been written next to each other if we assume that "CUDDAPAH" has been written to the left of its corresponding "X". Throw in a little inconsistency in spacing between the station name and the "X" and we can assume that the trailing "H" of "CUDDAPAH" and the "X" on the map are adjacent to each other. Now consider a clerk who has been assigned the enviable task to create codes for the stations on that line. The clerk is running through the stations one at a time along the line and creating the codes...
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