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Railways to switch to five digit numbers for trains
Sunday December 19, 2010 05:42:27 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
All passenger trains will move to a five-digit numbering system
from Monday in place of the existing four-digit system, giving
each train a unique identifiable number, the railways ministry
said Sunday.
According to a ministry statement, the new numbering system will
be more scientific, logical, uniform and computer-friendly and
"will go a long way in monitoring the movement of trains more
effectively on an all India basis and in facilitating
dissemination and management of train information more
scientifically, benefiting the public".
The existing number system was exhausted with more than 10,000
trains running every day.
"This major initiative will create a unique 'train number' which
will be a national level identity for each train and will cover
all the passenger carrying trains running in the Indian Railways
network," said the ministry in a statement.
The new system will also help integrate the passenger and suburban
train services in various information systems such as passenger
reservation systems and other software applications.
All the numbers will be converted to the new five-digit system by
simply prefixing '1' to the existing four-digit numbers.
The new system will cover all scheduled and regular express, mail
and superfast trains, including the Durontos, Yuva Trains,
Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, Jan Shatabdi Express,
Garibrath Express, Sampark Kranti Express and all such category of
trains that have a mail or express character during any part of
their journey.
The names of the trains will, however, not be changed.
Special trains run to clear holiday rush shall have the prefix
'0'. This shall apply to all special trains, whether superfast,
express or passenger train in character, running between any pair
of destinations.
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