Appendix 3a Abbreviations For Railway Exam

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Appendix 3a Abbreviations for Railway

This lists 300 abbreviations and their full forms. Here’s a summary table of all the abbreviations and their meanings.

Abbreviations for Railway Exam

Sl. No.	Abbreviation	Full Form
1.	IRCTC	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
2.	RRSK	Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh
3.	EIW	Essential Indirect Workers
4.	EFT	Excess fare ticket
5.	WGR	Workshop general register
6.	PG	Performance Guarantee/Payment Gateway
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7.	TWFA	Transfers Without Financial Adjustments
8.	GeM	Government e Marketplace
9.	CTG	Composite Transfer Grant
10.	DCRG	Death-Cum-Retirement Gratuity
11.	PNM	Permanent Negotiating Machinery
12.	PLB	Productivity linked bonus
13.	NTKM	Net Tonne Kilometers
14.	AOB	Accounts Office Balance sheet
15.	DCF	Discounted Cash Flow
16.	NPV	Net present value
17.	RAR	Railway Accounting Rules
18.	EBR(IF)	Extra Budgetary Resources (Institutional Financing)
19.	CRIS	Centre for Railway Information System
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20.	JTBS	Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Seva
21.	ATVM	Automatic Ticket Vending Machine
22.	STBA	Station Ticket Booking Agent
23.	YTSK	Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra
24.	GFR	General Financial Rules
25.	AIMS	Accounts Information Management System
26.	EMD	Earnest Money Deposit/Electro Motive Diesel
27.	GTKM	Gross Tonne Kilometers
28.	IRFA	Inter Railway Financial Adjustment
29.	CCL	Child Care Leave
30.	IREPS	Indian Railways E-Procurement System
31.	POC	Proof of Concept
32.	MACPS	Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme
33.	OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
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34.	SLT	Special Limited Tenders
35.	MB	Measurement Book/Middle Berth
36.	GST	Goods and Service Tax
37.	DEMU	Diesel Electrical Multiple Units
38.	UTS	Unreserved Ticketing System
39.	CAPEX	Capital expenditure
40.	POH	Periodic Overhaul
41.	AAC	Average Annual Consumption
42.	IPAS	Integrated Payroll & Accounting System
43.	HRMS	Human Resource Management System
44.	NEFT	National Electronic Funds Transfer
45.	RVNL	Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
46.	SOR	Schedule of rates
47.	GAP	Guaranteed Asset Protection
48.	PSU	Public Sector Undertaking/ Public Sector Unit
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49.	EDPM	Electronics Data Processing Manager
50.	RDSO	Research Designs and Standards
51.	FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
52.	DTS	Data Transmission System
53.	SOP	Standard Operating Procedure/Schedule of Power
54.	EBR	Extra Budgetary Resources
55.	GCC	General Conditions of Contract
56.	RTI	Right to Information
57.	DRF	Depreciation Reserve Fund
58.	LPC	Last pay certificate
59.	UMID	Unique Medical Identity Card
60.	RCF	Rail Coach Factory
61.	RCT	Railway Claims Tribunal
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62.	ICF	Integral Coach Factory
63.	BOLT	Build Own Lease & Transfer
64.	SD	Security Deposit
65.	HRA	House Rent Allowance
66.	FOIS	Freight Operations Information System
67.	IRPSM	Indian Railways Projects Sanctions & Management
68.	MSME	Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
69.	PVC	Price Variation Clause
70.	DOP	Directorate of Personnel
71.	CLW	Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
72.	RSP	Rolling Stock Program
73.	PBG	Performance Bank Guarantee
74.	UDM	User Depot Module
75.	IRWCMS	Indian Railway Works Contract Management System
76.	FIRR	Financial Internal Rate of Return
77.	DRM	Divisional Railway Manager
78.	JV	Journal Vouchers
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79.	COPS	Chief Operating Superintendent
80.	RRB	Railway Recruitment Board
81.	DFM	Divisional Finance Manager
82.	CMD	Chief Medical Director
83.	DCRG	Death Cum Retirement Gratuity
84.	ELW	Electrical Locomotive Workshop
85.	CEE	Chief Electrical Engineer
86.	WAAO	Workshop Assistant Accounts Officer
87.	CRB	Chairman Railway Board
88.	OT	Overtime
89.	CPT	Computerized Printed Ticket
90.	HAPL	Half Average Pay Leave
91.	GM	General Manager
92.	PRIME	Payroll & Related Independent Module
93.	DGS&D	Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal
94.	ATC	Advice of Transfer Credit
95.	DA	Dearness Allowance
96.	RE & BE	Revised Estimate & Budget Estimate
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97.	CCA	City Compensatory Allowance
98.	ATD	Advice of Transfer Debit
99.	CMM	Chief Materials Manager
100.	ASV	Accounts Stock Verifier
101.	POO	Procedural Office Order
102.	AIMS	Accounting Information Management System
103.	AFRES	Advanced Finance and Railway Earning & Expenditure System
104.	MR	Minister of Railways
105.	CWE	Chief Workshop Engineer
106.	ISA	Inspector of Stores Accounts
107.	DP	Demands Payable
108.	TAB	Traffic Accounts Branch
109.	CL	Casual Leave
110.	MTP	Metropolitan Transport Project
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111.	TD	Transfer Divisional
112.	PCDO	Periodical Confidential Demi Official
113.	NCSRPF	Non Contributory State Railway Provident Fund
114.	COM	Chief Operations Manager
115.	RDSO	Research, Design and Standards Organization
116.	RAR	Revenue Allocation Register
117.	POH	Periodical Overhaul
118.	GIS	Group Insurance Scheme
119.	MOSR	Minister of State for Railways
120.	EDPM	Electronic Data Processing Manager
121.	CSRPF	Contributory State Railway Provident Fund
122.	PZRTI	Principal Zonal Railway Training Institute
123.	TWFA	Transfer Without Financial Adjustment
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124.	NTKM	Net Tonne Kilometer
125.	WMS	Workshop Manufacturing Suspense
126.	CSO	Chief Safety Officer
127.	CR	Central Railway
128.	SRSF	Special Railway Safety Fund
129.	MP	Member of Parliament
130.	EMU	Electric Multiple Unit
131.	SBF	Staff Benefit Fund
132.	RSF	Railway Safety Fund
133.	C&AG	Comptroller and Auditor General of India
134.	PU	Primary Unit
135.	IOH	Intermediate Overhaul
136.	DTC	Daily Train Cash Cum Summary Book
137.	TA	Travelling Allowance
138.	BPT	Blank Paper Ticket
139.	CME	Chief Mechanical Engineer
140.	CONCOR	Container Corporation of India Limited
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141.	VPF	Voluntary Provident Fund
142.	TIA	Travelling Inspector of Accounts
143.	SAB	Stores Accounts Branch
144.	CCM	Chief Commercial Manager
145.	SOPGEN	Schedule of Powers on General Matters
146.	DF	Development Fund
147.	ADFM	Assistant Divisional Finance Manager
148.	FA&CAO	Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
149.	GTKM	Gross Tonne Kilometer
150.	PWI	Permanent Way Inspector
151.	SDGM	Sr Deputy General Manager
152.	APL	Average Pay Leave
153.	CMS	Chief Medical Superintendent
154.	NS(ITEMS)	Non Stock Items
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155.	AOPC	Accounts Officer Pay Commission
156.	SSO	Senior Section Officer
157.	TMW NKRD	Traction Machine Workshop, Nasik Road
158.	IRPSM	Indian Railway Projects, Sanctions & Management
159.	BG	Budget Grant
160.	SAO	Senior Accounts Officer
161.	ADRM	Additional Divisional Railway Manager
162.	SEM	Standing Earnest Money
163.	C&W	Carriage & Wagon
164.	CE	Chief Engineer
165.	CPRO	Chief Public Relations Officer
166.	OLWR	Open Line Works Revenue
167.	SPS	Superintendent of Printing & Stationary
168.	FA&CAO	Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
169.	AGM	Additional General Manager
170.	NGIS	New Group Insurance Scheme
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171.	CPLO	Chief Planning Officer
172.	EM	Earnest Money
173.	FC	Financial Commissioner
174.	DauO	Divisional Audit Officer
175.	ARPAN	Advanced Railway Pension Access Network
176.	CO7	Continuity Order Register 7
177.	PAC	Public Accounts Committee
178.	COS	Controller of Stores
179.	RITES	Rail India Technical and Economic Services
180.	DLW	Diesel Locomotive Works
181.	IRCA	Indian Railways Conference Association
182.	DMU	Diesel Multiple Unit
183.	DMRC	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
184.	USFD	Ultra Sonic Flaw Detector
185.	Hq.	Headquarter
186.	MFC	Multi Functional Complex
187.	UTS	Unreserved Ticketing System
188.	OBHS	On Board Housekeeping Services
189.	RFQ	Request For Quotation
190.	BFR	Bogie Flat for Rails
191.	DRF	Depreciation Reserve Fund
192.	HSR	High Speed Rail
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193.	EPC	Engineering Procurement & Construction
194.	ETKM	Equated Train Kilo Metres
195.	IPS	Integrated Power Supply
196.	NRVY	National Rail vikas Yojana
197.	SRSF	Special Railway Safety Fund
198.	IGAS	Indian Government Accounting Standards
199.	HOD	Head of Department
200.	TRC	Track Recording Car
201.	SIMRAN	Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation
202.	VED	Vital, essential & Desired
203.	PB	Pink Book
204.	PRIME	Payroll and Related Independent Modules
205.	TAWD	Train Actuated Warning Device
206.	MMTS	Multi Modal Transport System
207.	RSP	Rolling Stock Programme
208.	COFMOW	Central Organisation For Modernisation Of Workshops
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209.	RSRC	Railway Safety Review Committee
210.	GB	Green Book
211.	DF	Development Fund
212.	IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standards
213.	PPM	Parts per Million
214.	CRF	Capital Recovery Factor
215.	RSPB	Railway Sports Promotion Board
216.	SPV	Special Purpose Vehicle
217.	RRB	Railway Recruitment Board
218.	BPAC	Block Proving by Axle Counter
219.	AVCs	Avenue charts
220.	IVRS	Interactive Voice Response System
221.	LHS	Limited Height Subway
222.	PRCL	Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd.
223.	GTKMs	Gross Tonne Kilometres
224.	EBR(PPP)	Extra Budgetary Resources (Public Private Partnership)
225.	IR	Indian Railways
226.	ART	Accident Relief Train
227.	GSP	Generalised System of Preferences
228.	CAP.	Capital
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229.	CPOH	Central Periodical Over Hauling
230.	NTES	National Train Enquiry System
231.	SLR	Seating cum Luggage Rake
232.	FRBM	Fiscal Responsibilities & Budget Management (act)
233.	EOL	Engine On Load
234.	NG	Narrow Gauge
235.	MRV	–
236.	TTM	Tie Tamping Machines
237.	IOH	Intermediate Over Haul
238.	PFT	Private Freight Terminal
239.	RSF	Railway Safety Fund
240.	FIRR	Financial Internal Rate of Return
241.	NRUCC	National Railway Users Consultative Council
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242.	NTXR	Neutral Train Examiner
243.	AC	Alternating Current, Air conditioned
244.	FWU	Four-wheeler Units
245.	BG	Broad Gauge
246.	LAN	Local Area Network
247.	POL	Petrolium, Oil & Lubricants
248.	ZISTUS	Zonal Integrated Signal and Telecom Units
249.	TWFA	Transfer Without Financial Adjustments
250.	IRISET	Indian Railway Institute for Signal Engineering & Telecommunication
251.	ICMS	Integrated Coaching Management System
252.	HMR	Hyderabad Metro Rail
253.	RTIS	Real time Train Information System
254.	WGR	Workshop General Register
255.	PIS	Passenger Information System
256.	GM	General Manager
257.	OHE	Over-head Equipment
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258.	SPURT Car	Self Propelled Ultrasonic Rail Testing Car
259.	ATAS	Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme
260.	MPLAD	Member of Parliament Local Area Development
261.	IRSDC	Indian Railway Station Development Corporation
262.	SPART	Self- Propelled Accident Relief Trains
263.	IRR	Internal Rate of Return
264.	AAC	Anticipated Annual
265.	Rev.	Revenue
266.	PETS	Preliminary Engineering Cum Traffic Survey
267.	DHR	Debt Head Report/Dargeeling Himalayan Railways
268.	DRM	Divisional Railway Manager
269.	VCD	Vigilance Control Device
270.	ICD	Inland Container Depot
271.	MG	Metre Gauge
272.	DGS&D	Director General of Supplies & Disposables
273.	LC gate	Level Crossing Gate
274.	DMW	Diesel loco Modernisation Works
275.	EBR	Extra Budgetary Resources
276.	NBFC	Non Banking Financial Corporation
277.	FB welding	Flash Butt welding
278.	CRR	Centre for Railway Research
279.	RPF	Railway Protection Force
280.	CC	Closed Circuit
281.	RCRV	Rail Cum Road Vehicle
282.	w.r.t	With respect to
283.	ACP	Alarm Chain Pulling
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284.	DFC	Dedicated Freight Corridor
285.	GASAB	Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board
286.	KMRCL	Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd
287.	MRTS	Mass Rapid Transit System
288.	TPWS	Train Protection Warning System
289.	R&D	Research & Development
290.	MUTP	Mumbai Urban Transport Project
291.	OFC	Optical Fibre Cable
292.	VGF	Viability Gap Fund
293.	TVU	Train Vehicle Unit
294.	DEMU	Diesel Electric Multiple Unit
295.	IND AS	Indian Accounting Standards
296.	FLS	Final Location Survey
297.	COD	Commercial Operation Date
298.	EBR(IF)	Extra Budgetary Resources (Institutional Finance)
299.	RCC	Railway Convention Committee
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300.	DBFOT	Design, Built, Finance, Operate & Transfer