INDIAN RAILWAY CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION ALPHABETICAL CODES of Commercial Locations of IR STATIONS, SIDINGS, PRS, CITY BOOKING OFFICE, OUT AGENCIES etc. As on June 2015 Publisher’s Desk Alphabetical Codes One of the mandates of the Indian Railway Conference Association [IRCA] is allocation of Alphabetical Codes for the commercial working locations (Stations, Sidings, PRS, City Booking Offices, Out agencies etc.) over Indian Railways. Whenever a new station is opened, the name is obtained from the State Government concerned. The spellings in Hindi (Devnagri) and English (Roman) are approved by the Survey of India. Accents are, however, not common over Railways. IRCA is then approached to accord sanction to the name and allot code initials to the station and on receipt of the same the opening with code initials is notified. During the in house deliberations, the opinions sharply differed on the presentation of this document whether we should go Railway wise, station wise, code wise or a combination of two or more features. Finally, we decided on the ‘straight path’ - presenting the locations alphabetically and writing code against each of entries – and therefore the best path. Till the dying hours of June 2015 we have allocated approx. 15194 [Fifteen Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Four only] code initials to the different Commercial Points over Indian Railways. In the present scheme of things we have a capacity to generate 475254 [Four Lakh Seventy-Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Four] unique alpha codes with repetition of alphabets allowed. We will appreciate if some inadvertent errors, that are quite likely, may be identified and brought to our notice for immediate rectification. Falling in line with Cicero, who said, ‘Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others’, we would like to express our gratitude to Sri Ajay Shukla IRTS, Member Traffic, Railway Board for giving us the opportunity to come out with this document. Md. Jamshed IRTS, Addl. Member C&IS deserves our very special and sincere thanks as he always guided us and encouraged to have a pursuit of excellence and achieve perfection. We would like to place on record our appreciation for diligence, devotion and dedication of Akash Deep Sinha, Sr. Clerk & Venugopal, Office Supdt. in compiling and bringing out this document. Finally, on behalf of our President and General Manager, Northern Railway Sri A. K. Puthia, let me assure you of our commitment to render many more years of useful service to Indian Railways in future. 30.06.2015 Sudhendu J. Sinha IRTS Secretary General / IRCA CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATION OF ALPHA CODES Indian Railway Conference Association [IRCA] is responsible for generating ‘Alpha Codes’ and is quite often approached by the Railways for expeditious generation of Alpha codes to greenfield stations, sidings, PRS Centres etc. so that they can be operationalised. ‘Alpha Codes’ are enigmatic. We have tried to unravel the criteria for allocation and the points that are kept in mind while generating Alpha Codes. While allocating alpha codes following points are kept in mind: 1. Alpha Code must be ‘Unique’ as they provide a distinct identity to a ‘commercial working point’. 2. They are formed in a combination of 1 to 4 alphabets taken out from the alphabets of English Language. 3. Codes denote a particular place or location as that is the only definite and fixed point and not its State, District, Railway Zones or Divisions that are subject to change and they do change with time. 4. Alpha Codes are normally formed combining the alphabets from the English spellings of the point so applied for. 5. The codes are so framed as to phonetically match the name and are mnemonically sound so that they are easier to remember. 6. Alpha Codes, normally do not change, with station yard modifications, gauge conversion, electrification, signaling alterations etc. 7. Alpha Codes of a station is not allotted to any other station even when the original station has lost its identity from the Railway Map of India. 8. It becomes difficult to generate a unique ‘alpha code’ for two stations with the same name. To solve it we suggest to append Cabin, Junction, Gram, Qasba, Bazaar etc. to differentiate them. 9. In the present scheme of things we have a capacity to generate 475254 [Four Lakh Seventy-Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Four] unique alpha codes with repetition of alphabets allowed. 10. So far upto (June 2015) we have generated approx. 15194 [Fifteen Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Four only] alpha codes. 11. We have developed a capacity of generating ‘Alpha Codes’ on the same day of requisition from Railways provided such requisition is supported by all other desired details and has the approval of the competent authority that is CCM of a Railway Zone. We will appreciate if the Railways could identify and point out any anomaly that are quite likely, for rectification to us. ____________ NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. 220 K.V. SIDING – DHANDARI KVSD NR ACHALDA ULD NR KALAN 220 K.V. SIDING – SHAKURBASTI KVSS NR ACHALGANJ ACH NR 220 K.V.SIDING – JAGADHRI KVSJ NR ACHALPUR ELP CR 223 ABOD SIDING ABSD NR ACHARAPAKKAM ACK SR 3 F.O.D. & AMMUNITION DEPT. FADS NR ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV NAGAR ACND NR SIDING – SURA NUSSI 3RD COAL LOADING SIDING – TCLB SER ACHAURA HALT ACU ECR BRAJRAJNAGAR A - CABIN BNDM ACBM SER ACHCHUNTAMVAYAL ACV SR A - CABIN/ BMY SERVED DEV ACBD SECR ACHEGAON ACG CR BALODA CHARODA A CABIN,VSPS ACAB ER ACHHNERA JN. AH NER A.C.C.ENGINEERING WORKS - EWSG CR ADAIKALAPURAM AQM SR SIDING - SHAHABAD A.E.R.O SIDING DIGARU AERO NFR ADAMDIGHI ADM BR A.F. SIDING - MANAURI AFSM NR ADAMSHAH GOODS OFFICE ADMC PW A.S.R. SUGAR MILLS – AMRITSAR ASMA NR ADAMWAHAN ADW PW ADANI AGRI LOGISTICS LTD. AAREY MILK COLONY SIDING - AMCG WR SERVED BY ELAVUR (CHENNAI ELRA SR GOREGAON DIVISION) ADANI AGRI LOGISTICS LTD. ABA KHEL ABQ PW SERVED BY MADUKKARAI MDAD SR (PALGHAT DIVISION) ADANI LOGISTICS LIMITED -ICD ABAD AAD PW ALIK NWR SERVED BY KISHANGARH ADANI POWER RAJASTHAN ABADA ABB SER LIMITED SIDING SERVED BY APLS WCR SALPURA ADANI POWER RAJASTHAN LTD. ABASNAGAR AHR NR APLS WCR SIDING SERVED BY SALPURA ABBASNAGAR ABNR PW ADAPUR ADX NER ABDUL HAKIM ABK PW ADARI ROAD ADE WR ABDULLAHPUR ABDK PW ADARKI AKI SCR ABHAIPUR AHA ER ADARSH MANPUR AHMP ECR ABHANPUR JN. AVP SER ADARSH NAGAR AHNR DMRC ABHAYAPURI ASSAM AYU NFR ADARSH NAGAR DELHI ANDI NR AB-I-GUM ABG PW ADARSHNAGAR AHO WR ABJUGANJ AJUG ER ADAS ROAD ADD WR ABLAK ABL PW ADAVALI ADVI KRCL ABNA ABNA CR ADDERI AEX SR ABOHAR ABS NR ADDERLEY ADY SR ADDITIONAL MILITARY SIDING - ABU ROAD ABR WR ADMB NR BHAGAT KI KOTHI ADDITIONAL MILITARY SIDING- ABUTARA ABW SECR AMSP NR POKARAN A-CABIN SERVED BY ADDITIONAL RAF SIDING- AMBALA ACMS ECR ARAF NR MUGHALSARAI CANT. ACC BABCOCK LIMITED SIDING ABLS ER ADESAR AAR WR DURGAPUR ACC LTD. SIDING BG – ACCP WR ADGAON BUZURG ABZ CR PORBANDAR ACC TIKARIA CEMENT WORKS ACCG NR ADHARTAL ADTL CR (PVT.) SIDING - GAURIGANJ 1 NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. ADHEVADA ADV WR AGAS AGAS WR ADHICHCHANUR ACN WR AGASOD AGD CR ADHIKARI ADQ NFR AGASON AGSN CR ADHINPUR AHZ NR AGASTISWARAM AXM SR ADHYATMIKNAGAR AKNR NR AGASTIYAMPALLI AGX SR ADI SAPTAGRAM ADST ER AGAUTHAR AGTR NER ADICHUNCHANAGIRI (HALT) ACCI SWR AGHWANPUR BLOCK HUT AMBH NR ADIHALLI ADHL SR AGOMONI (BG) AGMN NFR ADILABAD ADB SCR AGORI KHAS AGY NR ADIMALI OUT AGENCY ADOA SR AGRA CANTT. AGC NCR ADINA ADF NFR AGRA CBA AGBA NCR ADIRANGAM ADC SR AGRA CITY AGA NCR ADITYA CEMENT SIDING - ACS WR AGRA CITY BOOKING OFFICE ABCE NCR CHITTAURGARH ADITYA CEMENT SIDING - ACSP WR AGRA EAST BANK AEBK NCR SHAMBHUPRA ADITYANAGAR ADNR KRCL AGRA FORT AF NCR ADITYAPUR ADTP SER AGRA JN. CABIN AGJ NCR ADIYAMANKOTTAI AAC SR AGRA KINARI BAZAR CB AKB NCR ADJAI BRIDGE AAE ER AGRAN - DHULGAON AGDL CR ADONI AD SR AGREI HALT AERH ECR ADRA EAST CABIN ADRE SER AGRI PARK SIDING - ADIPUR AGPA WR ADRA JN. ADRA SER AGSAULI AUL WR ADRA WAGON SHOP ADAW ER AGTHORI AGT NFR ADRAJMOTI (BG) AJMI WR AHALYAPUR F AHLR NER ADRAJMOTI (MG) AJM WR AHERA HALT AHQ NR ADUR OUT AGENCY ADA SR AHERWADI AHD SCR ADUTURAI ADT SR AHICHCHATRA PARSHWANATH ACQ NR ADVANCE BASE PETROL DEPOT - ABPD NR AHICHECHATRA PARSHWANTH RBK NR BHAROLI ADVANCE BOOKING OFFICE - ABON SR AHIMANPUR AHM NER NAGORE AERODRAM RAIL HEAD SIDING - ARHC NR AHIRAN AHN ER CHAKERI AERODROME CIRCLE CITY ACBK WR AHIRAULI AHU NER BOOKING AGENCY KOTA AGARAM SIBBANDI AGM SR AHIS - BIRAUL O.A AHBA NER AGARDWIP AGAE ER AHJU AHJU NR AHLUWALIA MINING PVT. LTD. AGARPARA AGP ER AMLG CR SIDING AGARTALA AGTL NFR AHMADABAD CITY CB ADIC WR AHMADABAD ELECTRIC SHED AGARTALA OUT AGENCY ATOA NFR ABEC WR (BG) 2 NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. AHMADGARH AHH NR AJMER JN. AII WR AHMADNAGAR ANG CR AJMER STORE SIDING AIS WR AHMADPUR ADP ER AJMER WORKSHOP AIIW WR AHMADPUR JN. AMP ER AJMIRIGANJ AGG NA AHMEDABAD JN. ADI WR AJNALA AAJ PW AHMEDABAD JN.(MG) ADIJ WR AJNI AJNI CR AJNI CONTAINER DEPOT SERVED AHRAURA ROAD ARW NR ACDA CR BY AJNI AHSAGANJ AHG BR AJNI TRANSHIP YARD AQ CR AHUTGRAM AGW ER AJNI YARD (TXR) AQX CR AIGAWAN AIG NR AJNOD (BG) AJN WR AIIMS AIIM DMRC AJRONDA DEPOT AJDD DMRC AIJAL O.A. AIJ NFR AJWA AJWA WR AIR FORCE HALT AFH PW AKAIPUR HALT AKIP ER AIRFORCE SIDING - AMLA AMSG CR AKALKOT ROAD AKOR SCR AIRFORCE SIDING - DIGARU AFSD NFR AKALKOT TOWN OA AKLN SCR AIRPORT APOT DMRC AKALTARA AKT SER AKALTARA GOODS SHED SERVED AISH BAGH JN. ASH NER AKTG SECR BY AKALTARA AKALTARA SHUNTING NECK AISHBAGH MG ASSH NER AKGS SECR SERVED BY AKALTARA AIT JN. AIT CR AKANAPET AKE SCR AITHAL ATMO NR AKASHI AKZ SER AIYANAPURAM AYPN SR AKATHUMURI AMY SR AJAIBPUR AJR NR AKBARGANJ AKJ NR AJANTI ANI WR AKBARNAGAR AKN ER AJAPUR ROAD AJPR WR AKBARPUR ABP NR AKBARPURA O.A. (FOR TRAFFIC AJARKA AIA WR AKJB PW FROM PABBI) AJGAIN AJ NER AKBARPURA O.A. (VIA NASARPUR) AKJN PW AKBARPURA O.A. (VIA PESHAWAR AJHAI AJH CR AKJP PW CITY) AKBARPURA O.A. (VIA TARA AJIMGANJ AZ ER AKJT PW JABBA) AJIT AJIT NR AKELAHANSPUR ALNP NER AJIT KHERI AJKI WR AKHANAGAR AKNG BR AJITGILL MATTA AJTM NR AKHTARABAD AKHB PW AJITKHERI ASKI WR AKIVIDU AKVD SCR AJITWAL AJL NR AKKAMPET AKAT SR AJJAKOLU AJK ECOR AKKARAIPPATTI API SR AJJAMPUR AJP SR AKKELPUR ACP BR 3 NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. AKKIHEBBALU AKK SR ALDANA ADZ PW AKKUR AKQ SR ALDONGUNGE AGU NA AKKURTI AKY SR ALEHPUR HALT APRH NER ALEMBIC CHEMICAL WORKS AKLUJ O.A. AKLJ SCR ALEU WR SIDING - VADODARA AKODIA AKD WR ALER LA SCR AKOLA JN. AK SCR ALEWAHI AWH SER AKOLA OIL INDUSTRIES SIDING OISG CR ALEXANDRA DOCK (BPT RLY.) ADDK CR AKOLNER AKR CR ALGAPUR ALGP NFR AKONA AKW CR ALIABADA ALB NR AKORA KHATTAK AKO PW ALIGANJ ALJ NER AKOT AKOT CR ALIGARH CGDF SIDING GDFS NR AKRA AKRA ER ALIGARH CITY CBA ALCA NR AKSHARDHAM ASDM DMRC ALIGARH CIVIL LINES CBO ALCO NR AKSHAYAWAT RAI NAGAR AYRN ECR ALIGARH JN. ALJN NR AKURDI AKRD CR ALINAGAR TOLA ATX NER ALACHAR AEE NR ALINDRA ROAD AIR WR ALAGHATTA AGH SR ALIPUR CHATHA ACHH PW ALAI ALAI NR ALIPUR DUAR COURT F APDC NFR ALAKAPURA ALF SR ALIPUR DUAR COURT SDG. ARCT NFR ALAKKUDI ALK SR ALIPUR DUAR F APD NFR ALAL ALAL NR ALIPUR DUAR JN. F APDJ NFR ALAMANDA ALM SER ALISAGAR ALSR SCR ALAMBAGH JN. ALH NR ALIWARA AWA CR ALAMDANGA ADG BR ALIYABAD AYB SCR ALLAHABAD - MALAKA GOODS ALAMNAGAR AMG NR AMGD NR DEPOT ALAMPUR ALMR WR ALLAHABAD CHOWK CBA ALDA NE, NR ALAMPUR ROAD ALPR SCR ALLAHABAD CITY ALY NE, NR ALLAHABAD GLASS WORKS - ALAND OA ALOA SCR AGWN NR NAINI ALANDI ALN SCR ALLAHABAD JN. ALD NR ALLAHABAD MILITARY CO'S MILL ALAPADU AAU SCR MCMS NR SIDING - ALLAHABAD ALAPAKAM ALP SR ALLAHABAD RAMBAGH ATCE NR ALATTAMBADI ATB SR ALLAHABAD SANGAM ALSG NR ALLAHABAD TROOP SIDING - ALAU ALAU WR ATSA NR ALLAHABAD ALAWALPUR AWL NR ALLAHDINO SAND ADS PW ALAWALPUR IDRISPUR AIH NR ALLEPPEY ALLP SR 4 NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. NAME OF STATION CODE RLY. ALLEPPEY O.A. APY SR AMARDA ROAD ARD SER ALLURU ROAD AXR SCR AMARGARH AGR WR ALMATTI LMT SCR AMARGOAL AGL SCR ALMAW ALMW NER AMARI - ADALPUR AIAP ER ALMORA OA ALR NER AMARPUR - JORASI APJ WR ALNAVAR JN. LWR SCR AMARPURA APA WR ALNIYA ALNI WR AMARPURA RATHAN AMPR NR ALONG OA AGOA NFR AMARSAR AXA WR ALPINE SLEEPER SIDING SERVED ASSW CR AMARUN ARNB ER BY WADI JN. NE, ALTAFNAGAR AFNR BR AMAUSI AMS NR ALTAGRAM ATM NFR AMB ANDAURA AADR NR ALUABARI ROAD AUB NFR AMBA - PENDAPUR APP ECR ALUR ALUR SR AMBAGAON AGB SER ALUVA ALVA KMRL AMBAGARATTUR ABT SR ALUYA ALWA KMRL AMBAGRAM AGB SER ALWAL ALW SCR AMBAH O.A. ABOA CR AMBAJI CBA SERVED BY ABU ALWAR GOODS SHED AGS NWR ACBA WR ROAD ALWAR JN. AWR WR AMBAJOGAI OA AMOA SCR AMBAJOGAI TOWN BOOKING ALWAR TIRUNAGARI AWT SR ATBP SCR AGENCY - PARLI VAIJNATH AMBALA CANT. B.D. SUGAR MILL ALWAYE AWY SR BDSM NR SIDING AMAGURA AGZ SER AMBALA CANT. JN. UMB NR AMBALA CANTT NORTH WEST AMALA ALO NFR NWOC NR OUTER CABIN AMALANAGAR AMLR NR AMBALA CANTT YARD TERMINAL UMBY NR AMALAPURAM OA APM SCR AMBALA CANTT. CBA UMBA NR AMALAPURAM TOWN BOOKING ATBO SCR AMBALA CITY UBC NR OFFICE - RAJAHMUNDRY AMALNER AN WR AMBALA CITY CBA UBCA NR AMBALA CITY QUICK TRANSIT AMALPUR AMLP WR ACQT NR SERVICE AMALSAD AML WR AMBALA REST CAMP UMBR NR AMAN LODGE ANLG CR AMBALAPUZHA AMPA SR AMAN VADI AMW CR AMBALE ABLE SCR AMAR NATH BHASKAR SONS ANBS CR AMBALGRAM ABGM ER PVT. LTD. SIDING, NIWAR AMAR SHAHEED JAGDEO ASJP ECR AMBALIYASAN UMN WR PRASAD AMARAVATHI COLONY AVC SWR AMBALTEK AMBT SCR AMARAVILA AMVA SR AMBAPURAM ABM SCR AMBARA COLLIERY SIDING - AMARAVILA OA ARVA SR JASG CR JUNNOR DEO 5
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