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News Entry# 293498
Feb 09 2017 (16:46) C for Kurla: Decoding Mumbai railway station codes in (indianexpress.com)
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While in some cases, the alphabets relate to the name given to the station by the Britishers, in other cases it is for the convenience of...

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Feb 10 2017 (02:10)
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Regarding X - the theory of HX seems right.
Take for example XBKJ and BKJ. XBKJ was built before BKJ which is in KR. So why use X in Bikramganj? It must be due to the marking of stations with X on map and its subsequent use in station code.
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Feb 10 2017 (10:16)
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AFAIK , Heranyanagaram was the old name for Cuddapah/Kadapa , it was a major crossing station apparently , thus it was referred as HX. This was what I got to know from veterans
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Feb 10 2017 (10:43)
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Great! That seems the most likely reason!
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Feb 10 2017 (10:52)
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Here is a link to the discussion on the same. click here
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Feb 10 2017 (11:39)
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Here is the article I talked about: click here
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