| CONCOR | Container Corporation of India Limited | 
| CRT | Container Train Terminal | 
| CRWS | Coach Rehabilitation Workshop | 
| CPO | Chief Personnel Officer | 
| CR | Central Railway | 
| CRB | Chairman Railway Board | 
| CRIS | Centre for Railway Information Systems | 
| CRS | Commissioner of Railway Safety | 
| COS | Controller of Stores | 
| CVC | Central Vigilance Commission | 
| CWE | Chief Workshop Engineer | 
| D&G | Direction and General | 
| DLW | Diesel Locomotive Works | 
| DoT | Department of Telecommunication | 
| DPR | Detailed Project Report | 
| DRM | Divisional Railway Manager | 
| EAC | Estimated Annual Consumption | 
| ECOR | East Coast Railway | 
| ECR | East Central Railway | 
| EMU | Electric Multiple Unit | 
| EOL | Engine On Load | 
| EPF | Employees Provident Fund | 
| ER | Eastern Railway | 
| ESI | Employees State Insurance | 
| FA&CAO | Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer | 
| FOB | Foot Overbridge | 
| FOIS | Freight Operations Information System | 
| FSLA | Freight Service and Ledger Account | 
| GC | Gauge Conversion | 
| GM | General Manager | 
| GPS | Global Positioning System | 
| GSD | General Store Depot | 
| GSM-R | Global System for Mobile Communication-Railway | 
| GTKM | Gross Tonnage per Kilometre | 
| HSD | High Speed Diesel | 
| ICD | International Container Depot | 
| ICF | Integral Coach Factory | 
| IOH | Intermediate Overhaul | 
| IR | Indian Railways | 
| IRCON | Indian Railway Construction Organisation | 
| IRCTC | Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation | 
| IRPSM | Indian Railways Projects Sanctions & Management | 
| IRR | Internal Rate of Return | 
| IRSOD | Indian Railway Schedule of Dimensions | 
| ISS | Integrated Security System | 
| IRCA | Indian Railway Conference Association | 
| KVIC | Khadi and Village Industries Commission | 
| LC | Level Crossing | 
| MIS | Management Information System | 
| MLR | Midlife Rehabilitation | 
| MoR | Ministry of Railways | 
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding | 
| MPLAD | Members of Parliament Local Area Development | 
| MR | Metro Railway | 
| NCR | North Central Railway | 
| NEFR | Northeast Frontier Railway | 
| NER | North Eastern Railway | 
| NPS | New Pension Scheme | 
| NR | Northern Railway | 
| NREGA | National Rural Employment Guarantee Act | 
| NTXR | Neutral Train Examiner | 
| NWR | North Western Railway | 
| OFC | Optic Fibre Cable | 
| OHE | Over Head Electrical Equipment | 
| PCE | Principal Chief Engineer | 
| PMS | Parcel Management System | 
| POH | Periodical Overhaul | 
| PSU | Public Sector Undertaking | 
| RC | Rate Circular | 
| RDSO | Research, Design and Standards Organisation | 
| RE | Railway Electrification | 
| RITES | Rail India Technical and Economic Services Limited | 
| RKM | Route Kilometers | 
| RMT | Rail Milk Tanker | 
| ROB | Road Overbridge | 
| ROR | Rate of Return | 
| RR | Railway Receipts | 
| RUB | Road Underbridge | 
| RVNL | Rail Vikas Nigam Limited | 
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition | 
| SCR | South Central Railway | 
| SLRs | Brake Vans | 
| SP | Sectioning and Paralleling Post | 
| SPTO | Special Parcel Train Operator | 
| SR | Southern Railway | 
| Sr. DCM | Senior Divisional Commercial Manager | 
| Sr. DPO | Senor Divisional Personnel Officer | 
| Sr. DOM | Senior Divisional Operations Manager | 
| SSP | Sub Sectioning and Paralleling Post | 
| TOT | Transfer of Technology | 
| SWA | Sender’s Weight Accepted | 
| SWR | South Western Railway | 
| TA | Traffic Accounts | 
| TC | Tender Committee | 
| TEU | Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit | 
| TS | Train Superintendent | 
| TKM | Track Kilometre | 
| TSS | Traction Sub-station | 
| TTE | Travelling Ticket Examiner | 
| TVU | Travelled Vehicle Unit | 
| VP | Parcel Van | 
| WCR | West Central Railway | 
| WPC | Wireless Planning and Coordination | 
| WR | Western Railway | 
| CTO | Container Train Operators |