Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Abbreviation Full form
ECOR East Coast Railway
ECR East Central Railway
EMU Electric Multiple Unit
EOL Engine On Load
EPF Employees Provident Fund
ER Eastern Railway
ESI Employees State Insurance
FA&CAO Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer
FOB Foot Overbridge
FOIS Freight Operations Information System
FSLA Freight Service and Ledger Account
GC Gauge Conversion
GM General Manager
GPS Global Positioning System
GSD General Store Depot
GSM-R Global System for Mobile Communication-Railway
GTKM Gross Tonnage per Kilometre
HSD High Speed Diesel
ICD International Container Depot
ICF Integral Coach Factory
IOH Intermediate Overhaul
IR Indian Railways
IRCA Indian Railway Conference Association
IRCON Indian Railway Construction Organisation
IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
IRPSM Indian Railways Projects Sanctions & Management
IRR Internal Rate of Return
IRSOD Indian Railway Schedule of Dimensions
ISS Integrated Security System
KVIC Khadi and Village Industries Commission
LC Level Crossing
MIS Management Information System
MLR Midlife Rehabilitation
MoR Ministry of Railways
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPLAD Members of Parliament Local Area Development
MR Metro Railway
NCR North Central Railway
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Abbreviation Full form
NEFR Northeast Frontier Railway
NER North Eastern Railway
NPS New Pension Scheme
NR Northern Railway
NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
NTXR Neutral Train Examiner
NWR North Western Railway
OFC Optic Fibre Cable
OHE Over Head Electrical Equipment
PCE Principal Chief Engineer
PMS Parcel Management System
POH Periodical Overhaul
PSU Public Sector Undertaking
RC Rate Circular
RDSO Research, Design and Standards Organisation
RE Railway Electrification
RITES Rail India Technical and Economic Services Limited
RKM Route Kilometers
RMT Rail Milk Tanker
ROB Road Overbridge
ROH Routine Overhaul
ROR Rate of Return
RR Railway Receipts
RUB Road Underbridge
RVNL Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCR South Central Railway
SLRs Brake Vans
SP Sectioning and Paralleling Post
SPTO Special Parcel Train Operator
SR Southern Railway
Sr. DCM Senior Divisional Commercial Manager
Sr. DPO Senor Divisional Personnel Officer
Sr. DOM Senior Divisional Operations Manager
SSP Sub Sectioning and Paralleling Post
SWA Sender’s Weight Accepted
SWR South Western Railway
TA Traffic Accounts
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Abbreviation Full form
TC Tender Committee
TEU Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit
TKM Track Kilometre
TOT Transfer of Technology
TS Train Superintendent
TSS Traction Sub-station
TSS Traction Sub Station
TTE Travelling Ticket Examiner
TVU Travelled Vehicle Unit
VP Parcel Van
WCR West Central Railway
WPC Wireless Planning and Coordination
WR Western Railway
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