Abbreviations
Abbreviation Full form
ACASH Association of Corporations and Apex Societies of Handlooms
AGC Assistant Guard’s Cabin
AIEHC All India Engine Hour Cost
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATN Action Taken Note
BEE Bureau of Energy Efficiency
BOOT Build Own Operate Transfer
C&W Carriage and Wagons
CCM Chief Commercial Manager
CCTV Closed-circuit Television
CDE Chief Designing Engineer
CEDE Chief Electrical and Distribution Engineer
CEE Chief Electrical Engineer
CEGE Chief Electrical General Engineer
CLW Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
CME Chief Mechanical Engineer
COFMOW Centre for Modernisation of Workshops
COM Chief Operations Manager
CONCOR Container Corporation of India Limited
COS Controller of Stores
CPO Chief Personnel Officer
CR Central Railway
CRB Chairman Railway Board
CRIS Centre for Railway Information Systems
CRS Commissioner of Railway Safety
CRT Container Train Terminal
CRWS Coach Rehabilitation Workshop
CTO Container Train Operators
CVC Central Vigilance Commission
CWE Chief Workshop Engineer
D&G Direction and General
DLW Diesel Locomotive Works
DoT Department of Telecommunication
DPR Detailed Project Report
DRM Divisional Railway Manager
EAC Estimated Annual Consumption
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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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