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Posted: Jan 06 2013 (10:50)

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Numbering of trains based on their Respective zones & Divisions:
The first digit
In the 5-digit train numbering scheme, the first digit indicates the type of the passenger train, as follows:
0 is for special trains (e.g., summer specials, holiday specials, etc.)
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is for all long-distance trains, including the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Sadharan, Sampark Kranti, Garib Rath, Duronto, and other classes.
2 is also for long-distance trains; it is to be used when train numbers starting with 1 are exhausted in any series.
3 is for Kolkata suburban trains.
4 is for suburban trains in Chennai, New Delhi, Secunderabad, and other metropolitan areas.
5 is for passenger trains with conventional coaches
6 is for MEMU trains
7 is for DMU (DEMU) and railcar services.
8 is currently reserved
9 is for Mumbai area suburban trains
************************************************** ************
Second and later digits
The significance of the second and later digits depends on what the first digit is. Below, the different number series are explained, based on the first digit.
0, 1, 2: In the case of special trains, and long-distance express trains, i.e., trains starting with digits '0', '1', or '2', the remaining 4 digits signify the railway zone and division exactly as in the pre-2011 4-digit scheme. In fact, most 5-digit numbers for long-distance trains as of this writing [4/11] are created simply by prefixing '1' to the former 4-digit codes. See below for an explanation of the 4-digit system. The zonal codes (second digit) are shown below:
0 is for Konkan Railway
1 is for CR, WCR and NCR(?)
2 is for superfasts, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, and some other classes of trains regardless of zones. For these, the next digit is usually the zone code.
3 is shared by ER and ECR
4 is for NR, NCR and NWR
5 is shared by NER and NFR
6 is for SR and SWR
7 is shared by SCR and SWR
8 is for SER and ECoR
9 is for WR, NWR and WCR
************************************************** ***********
Eastern and East Central Railway
30 is for Howrah
31 is for Sealdah
32 is for Danapur
33 is for Dhanbad
34 is for Malda
35 is for Asansol
************************************************** ************
Northern, North Central and North Western Railway
40 is for New Delhi
41 is for Allahabad (NCR)
42 is for Lucknow
43 is for Moradabad
44 : other
45 is for Ambala
46 is for Firozpur
47 is for Bikaner(NWR)
48 is for Jodhpur(NWR)
************************************************** ************
North-Eastern and North-east Frontier Railways
50 is for Lucknow (BG, NER)
51 is for Varanasi (BG, NER)
52 is for Sonepur / Samastipur (BG, NER)
53 is for Izzatnagar / Lucknow (MG, NER)
54 is for Varanasi (MG, NER)
55 is for Samastipur (MG, NER)
56 is for Lumding (BG, NFR)
57 is for Katihar (BG/MG) / Alipurduar (BG) (NFR)
58 is for Lumding / Alipurduar (MG, NFR)
59 is for Tinsukia (NFR)
************************************************** ***********
Southern and South-Western Railways
60 is for Chennai
61 is for Chennai Egmore
62 is for Mysore (SWR)
63 is for Thiruvananthapuram
64 is not in use
65 is for Bangalore (SWR)
66 is for Palghat
67 is for Madurai
68 is for Trichy
************************************************** ************
South-Central and South-Western Railways
70 is for Secunderabad
71 : other
72 is for Vijayawada
73 is for Hubli (SWR, BG)
74 is for Guntakal (BG)
75 is for Hyderabad
76 is for Kacheguda
77 is for Guntakal (MG) (no longer used because of gauge conversion)
78 is for Hubli (SWR, MG) (no longer used because of gauge conversion [9/03])
************************************************** ************
South-Eastern, South-East Central and East-Coast Railways
80 is for Kharagpur
81 is for Chakradharpur
82 is for Bilaspur
83 is for Sambalpur and others
84 is for Khurda Road
85 is for Waltair
86 is for Adra
************************************************** ************
Western, North-Western and West-Central Railways
90 is for Mumbai
91 is for Vadodara
92 is for Bhavnagar (BG)
93 is for Ratlam
94 is for Kota (WCR)
95 : other
96 is for Ajmer (NWR)
97 is for Jaipur (NWR)
98 is for Bhavnagar (MG)
99 is for Rajkot
************************************************** ************
train designated as "superfast", Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, or Jan Shatabdi Express; in this case, the second digit indicates the zonal railway, as shown below:
20 is for Shatabdis and Jan Shatabdis on all zonal railways
21 is for superfasts on CR and WCR (formerly only CR)
22 is for superfasts from various zones - NR, NCR, NWR (formerly only NR). (Also some SR?) [5/05]
23 is for superfast on ER and ECR
24 is for superfast on NR, NCR and NWR (formerly only NR)
25 is for superfast on NER and NFR
26 is for superfast on SR and SWR (formerly only SR)
27 is for superfast on SCR and SWR (formerly only SCR)
28 is for superfast on SER, SECR and ECoR (formerly only SER)
29 is for superfast on WR, WCR and NWR (formerly only WR)

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Then you should have mentioned the same in the first post itself to give due credit to the original source. Thanks.
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thanx for the info!!
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