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WRs’ Mumbai area EMU numbering and classification

21-06-2019

WR EMUs are numbered differently, identified by 3-digit numbers identifying the rake and a letter (e.g., 'C') added to distinguish the individual coach in the EMU rake. (Contrast this with CR's use of '72', '70', '76' prefixes.) 'A' : Trailer coach, 'B' : Motor coach, 'C' : Driving trailer coach Hence a 3-coach formation could be something like this: (849A 849B 849C) These 3-coach units are formed into 9-coach rakes. Usually the serial numbers of successive 3-coach units are sequential, and the rake is denoted by quoting the numbers of the end 3-coach units. E.g., a '501-502' rake has a 3-coach unit numbered 501 at one end, and another numbered 502 at the other end, and a third, 503, in

What are ‘Ladies Special’ trains?

July 17, 2019

Ladies Specials are trains that have some or all coaches reserved for women. A 'Complete Ladies Special' is one with all coaches reserved for women passengers (Mumbai suburban EMUs). A 'Semi-Ladies Special' is a train with a few (e.g., 3) coaches reserved for women (also on Mumbai EMUs). These designations can be combined with 'fast', 'slow',

What’s a ‘fast’, ‘semi-fast’, or ‘double-fast’ train?

July 17, 2019

Mumbai suburban services have various such designations (not all of them official, but in wide use). A 'fast' train or 'fast local' is essentially one that is fast (runs express, skipping stops) until a certain station, and from that station onwards runs like a local, e.g., the Virar Fast runs express to Borivli, and thence is a local. The Karjat

What are ‘Passenger’, ‘Ordinary’, ‘Express’, and ‘Fast Passenger’ trains?

July 17, 2019

In general, Passenger trains (also 'ordinary passenger trains', or 'stopping passenger trains') are the ones that stop at all, or nearly all, of the stations along a route. Most of these tend to be quite slow. Express trains skip many stations and stop at only selected ones. An express train need not be a particularly fast train, although there is

What are ‘slip coaches’ and ‘through coaches’?

July 17, 2019

In India slip coach refers to a coach that is designated to terminate its journey at a station prior to the final destination of the rest of the train. The more accurate term is sectional carriage. The coach or coaches are left behind after being detached from the rest of the train. In India this is done only after the train comes to a halt; the

What are some videos available on Indian trains?

July 17, 2019

Relics of the Raj :This tape has Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway, 2'6" Western Railway NG network near Baroda, BG steam in Bengal -- WP, 0-6-0, HPS, Bengal NG 2-4-0 at Shantipur, MG in Goa - Steam banking action in Ghat section on the British built 2-8-2, the Nilgiri Line, and lastly about a minute and a half of the Patiala State Monorail. Toy

Where can I get the Thomas Cook timetables?

July 17, 2019

Thomas Cook travel bureaus can usually supply these. There are two main timetables from Thomas Cook; one covers Europe (the "European" timetable) and the other covers Russia and all of Asia (the 'Overseas' timetable). They also publish other rail guides and maps that cover Russia, India, the US, Australia, etc. In the US and Canada, these are

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