Gour Express: আমের শহর মালদা থেকে রোজ যায় শিয়ালদা - Joydeep Roy

Railways is one of the most preferred types of transportation by people in India, which sometimes makes the only way to get to some areas, especially when it comes to traveling to the countryside. Trains can cover great distances and serve to connect almost all corners of the country.It carries more than 23 million passengers every day to commute them from one place to another. Thus, Railways serve as the prime mode of traveling owing to its reliability and it’s a budget-friendly transport affordable to almost everyone. Result 2017
But did you ever notice these special numberings or secret codes on the train? Do you know what these numbers mean on train coaches? This is really a good question with an interesting...
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answer.It might be very few people who know the significance of the 5-6 digit number which is written on a coach. Check out the whole story to know more about itEvery train in India has this sort of number inscribed on its coaches. These are generally 4,5 or 6 digit number out of which the first 2 digits signify the year of production. For example, if the number is 8439, it means the train was manufactured in 1984 similarly if it’s 04052, then it was manufactured in 2004 and so on. But there are certain trains which don’t follow the above nomenclature, especially the Rajdhani express with the number 2951/2.
The remaining numbers in the digit signify the type of train whether its AC special or sleeper. Let’s look at how that works:
001-025: AC First Class
025-050: Composite 1st AC +AC-2T
050-100: AC 2T
101-150: AC 151-200: AC Chair Car
201-400: Sleeper 2nd Class
401-600: General Second Class
601-700: 2L Sitting Jan Shatabdi Chair Car
701-800: Sitting Cum Luggage Rake
Also, the WCR, EF and NF mean that the train is manufactured by Central Railway, East Railways and North Railways respectively.