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Blog Entry# 310201  
Posted: Dec 23 2011 (3:41PM)

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Guest: 3e386cfb   show all posts
Entry# 310201                  
Which trains are called UP trains.. and which are called DOWN trains ?
6 posts - Fri Dec 23, 2011 - are hidden. Click to open.
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Re# 310201-7                  
Kindly provide the link to the reference!!
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ᶆӮ ᶘḽӺӗ Өӥ Ѧ ╦╔▲║Ṉ**   1748 blog posts   1167 correct pred (67% accurate)  
Re# 310201-8                  
/train/574/297/60
/train/1606/344/664
IRFCA definition and definition by Diesel Philic will clash in these cases
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Re# 310201-9                  
According to veteran railfan Anindya Da :
In old days, in London, or UK as whole ... the train numbering system followed this patter : any train coming towards London was christened UP & that going away from it was called DN. Now when the British opened Great Indian Peninsular Railways, they carried over that numbering system from UK & was implemented in Bombay & Madras Divisions ... as a result WCR, CR & WR still now follows this practice. The trains leaving Mumbai are called DN & the end digit of the train number is EVEN & vice versa. But the alreadt prevailing East Indian Railway ( the forerunner of today's ER, SER, ECR ) followed the reverse system ... that is any train going away from Calcutta was called UP & it's number wud end in an ODD...
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digit & vice versa. This system followed the logic of MSL ( mean Sea level ) afaik ... as Calcutta is at sea level so every train departing it was designated UP & the train number ended in ODD & vice versa.
But after saying all these it shud be remembered that IR doesn't follows this rule strictly & there are numerous exceptions ... but I can say this much confirmedly that all ER trains follows the same convention with no exception ... departing trains UP & arriving trains DN .. UP trains with ODD digit & DN trains with EVEN digit.
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Vinay Kumar   10840 blog posts   361 correct pred (78% accurate)  
Re# 310201-13                  
Lemme show u some truth and factor: SLN-LKO-NDLS-UP line
1. 12391 Shramjeevi is UP: running away from Home Div (Rajgir to NDLS)
2. 19604 SLN-AII Exp is UP: Running towards Home Div (SLN-AII)
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Both have two things:
1. One is running towards & other away from home Div, still both UP
2. One is Odd, while other is even in its numbering, still both are UP
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Common Factor: Both run on UP Line & hence are...
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UP!!
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Re# 310201-14                  
Not able to post external links
<www.irfca.org/faq/faq-number.html>
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Re# 310201-16                  
OK Can you provide me link where i can find which train is Up and Which train is DOWN in actual
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Vinay Kumar   10840 blog posts   361 correct pred (78% accurate)  
Re# 310201-17                  
Kindly check theory with reality & find whats true!!
This UP & DN issue has been mugged many times!!
Only one thing was close enough & that was, if number even, train is Down, while if its Odd, train is up.
But to hamper this logic, SLN-AII & PNBE-INDB Express prevail.
So only one hard n fast logic, train running on UP Track or UP direction or UP, indifferent to serial number, Home Return or other related logic!!
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Vinay Kumar   10840 blog posts   361 correct pred (78% accurate)  
Re# 310201-18                  
There isnt any link!!
To counter all these logic, i checked station board detail & the synopsis i mentioned in reply-8!!
& the outcome i poured!!
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Re# 310201-19                  
/faq/post/410
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Guest: 3fa697ce   show all posts
Re# 310201-20                  
Few trains having even no while going away from primary maintenance station.
HWH-MAS coromandel is 2841 and opposite is 2842 MAS-HWH
BZA-MAS pinakini is 2711 and opposite is 2712.
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But see SC-BZA-GDR simhapuri exp is 2710, but GDR-SC is 2709. Surprisingly its primary maintenance is SC but not GNT.
What do you say......??????
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