Indian Railway-Defining of Abbreviation Class, Booking code and Coach code
Defining of Abbreviation as well as code for Vistadome Coaches
- Class: 2S Class / Day journey reserved second class coaches of Intercity Trains
Booking code: 2S
Coach code: D - Class: Sleeper class
Booking code: SL
Coach code: s - Class: AC Chair Car
Booking code: CC
Coach code: C - Class: 3AC
Booking code: 3A
Coach code: B - Class: 83 berth AC 3 tier Economy coach
Booking code: 3E
Coach code: M - Class: 2AC
Booking code: 2A
Coach code: A - Class: Garib Rath AC-3 tier
Booking code: 3A
Coach code: G - Class: Garib Rath Chair Car
Booking code: CC
Coach code: J - Class: 1AC
Booking code: A
Coach code: H - Class: Executive class
Booking code: EC
Coach code: E - Class: Anubhuti Class
Booking code: EA
Coach code: K - Class: First Class
Booking code: FC
Coach code: F - Class: Vistadome (AC)
Booking code: EV
Coach code: EV - Class: Vistadome (non-AC)
Booking code: VS
Coach code: DV
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)
No. 2021/TG-I/ 20/P/2
New Delhi, dated 30. 07.2021
Principal Chief Commercial Managers
All Zonals Railways.
Managing Director / PRS
CRIS. Channakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
(Commercial Circular No. 07 of 2021)
Sub: Defining of abbreviation as well as code for Vistadome coaches.
Ref: This office letter no. 2006/TG-I/20/P dated 20.02.2007 (CC No. 13 of 2007)
Vide letter referred to above, abbreviations of different types of coaches were circulated to all zonal Railways. Subsequently, Anubhuti Class, Vistadome and AC-3 tier Economy coaches were introduced which were given the code EA, EV and 3E respectively. Recently a reference has been received to give code to Non-AC vistadome coaches. It has been decided to give it the code ‘VS’ and the coach code to be displayed outside will be “DV”. Hence, now the booking code and coach abbreviation for different types of coaches will be as under:
| Class | Booking code | Coach code |
| 2S class / Day journey reserved second class coaches of Intercity Trains | 2S | D |
| Sleeper class | SL | S |
| AC Chair Car | CC | C |
| 3AC | 3A | B |
| 83 berth AC 3 tier Economy coach | 3E | M |
| 2AC | 2A | A |
| Garib Rath AC-3 tier | 3A | G |
| Garib Rath Chair Car | CC | J |
| 1AC | 1A | H |
| Executive class | EC | E |
| Anubhuti Class | EA | K |
| First Class | FC | F |
| Vistadome (AC) | EV | EV |
| Vistadome (non-AC) | VS | DV |
2. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned accordingly.
(Neeraj Sharma)
Executive Director Passenger Marketing
Railway Board
(Vinay Srivastava)
Executive Director
Mechanical Engineering (Coaching)
Railway Board
Source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/
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