Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail network in the world. Every day millions of people travel from one city to another through Indian Railways. During the journey, you must have noticed that the train number has a 5 digit train number. It is through these numbers that passengers identify their trains and also search for them online. A 5 digit number is also written on every train coach. But do you know why there is a 5 digit code on every coach of the train and what does it mean? Today we will tell you the reason behind this.
Train coach number
Most people in India prefer to travel by train. While traveling by train, you must have noticed that 5 digit numbers are written on every coach of the train. Passengers identify their coach through these numbers. These numbers are not ordinary numbers, many kinds of secrets are hidden in these numbers. For example, through the coach number, it is known when this bogie was manufactured and what type of bogie it is. Let us tell you that the first two digits in it tell when this bogie of the train was manufactured and the last three digits tell its category.
For example, the number 06497 is written on a train bogie. Now you should read it by breaking it into two parts. The first two digits tell us the time of its manufacture. For example, 06 tells us that this bogie was manufactured in 2006. If 15397 was written on the same bogie, then this bogie would have been manufactured in 2015.
What does the last three digits mean?
Let us tell you that the next three digits written on the bogie indicate the category of that bogie. For example, in the first case (06497) this bogie is of general category and in the second case (15397) the bogie is of sleeper class. Know how you can identify a bogie.
001-025 : AC First class
026-050 : Composite 1AC + AC-2T
051-100 : AC-2T
101-150 : AC-3T
151-200 : CC (AC Chair Car)
201-400 : SL (2nd Class Sleeper)
401-600 : GS (General 2nd Class)
601-700 : 2S (2nd Class Sitting/Jan Shatabdi Chair Class)
701-800 : Sitting Cum Luggage Rack
801 + : Pantry Car, Generator or Mail
Now if you pay attention to these numbers while travelling in a train, you will understand the entire history of the train coach. You will also understand when this coach was made. Because all the information about the coach is hidden in its five digits.
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