Do you know the meaning of these 5 digits written on the train coaches? Every 1 digit has its own meaning
Indian Railway Interesting Facts: Every coach of the train has a 5 digit number written on it. This number is very special. According to the rules of the railways, many special information related to the bogie is hidden in these five numbers.
Indian Railway Interesting Facts: Railway is one of the most popular mediums for every common Indian citizen to travel from one city to another. The journey of railways (Indian Railways) is very comfortable along with being safe. Have you ever noticed that every coach of the train has a 5 digit number written on it. This number is very special.
According to the rules of the railways, many special information related to the bogie is hidden in these five numbers. Let us tell you all the information related to this.
These five numbers (Train Coac number) written outside every bogie of the train contain information about when this bogie was manufactured and what type of bogie it is. In this, the first two digits tell when this bogie of the train was manufactured and the last three digits tell its category.
Meaning of the first two digits
Suppose the number 05497 is written on a bogie of the train. Then it should be read by breaking it into two parts. The first two digits tell us the time of its manufacture. Like in this case, this bogie was manufactured in 2005. If 98397 was written on the same bogie, then this bogie would have been manufactured in 1998.
Meaning of the last three digits
The last three digits written on the same bogie tell the category of that bogie. Like in the first case (05497) this bogie is of general category and in the second case (98397) the bogie is of sleeper class. To understand this in detail, you can see the chart given below.
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 Rake
801 + : Pantry Car, Generator or Mail
So next time when you travel by Indian Railways, then by looking at the number written outside your bogie, you can easily tell when this bogie was made and which class it belongs to.