What about the abbreviations used for suburban services, and other (non-standard) station abbreviations?

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What about the abbreviations used for suburban services, and other (non-standard) station abbreviations?

July 19, 2019, 12:36 PM

In some places — especially Mumbai — special codes are used to indicate the destination of a suburban train (either on the rake (CR), or on platform indicators (CR/WR)). These are not the official station codes, but usually just 1- or 2-letter mnemonics.

Some of the commonly-used ones around Mumbai are:

A : Andheri (WR), Ambarnath (CR)
AD : Andheri (CR)
AS : Asangaon
B : Bandra (CR Bandra locals via the Harbour Line)
BL : Badlapur
Bo : Borivali
BR, BP : Belapur
BY : Bhayander
C : Kurla (from Coorla), also Churchgate??
CH : Kurla via Harbour line
CM : Chembur
D : Dadar
G : Ghatkopar
Go : Goregaon
K : Kalyan
M : Mankhurd, also Malad??
MU, MB : Mumbai (used at Itarsi, Bhopal, etc.)
N : Kasara (from North-East line)
PL, P : Panvel
S : Karjat (from South-East line)
T : Thane
TL : Titwala
V : Vashi, also Virar?
Vs : Vasai Road

‘Y’ is often used to indicate an empty rake returning to its shed for service (at termini — Churchgate, CSTM)

Other 2- or 3-letter codes are sometimse used to refer to stations, in a seemingly ad hoc manner. E.g., at Nellore, Chennai Central bound trains are marked ‘CEN’ on the indicator boards. At Bhopal and Itarsi, Mumbai-bound trains are marked ‘MU’ or ‘MB’.

Source – IFRCA.org

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