Accommodation Classes in Indian Railways
The system will recognize the following types of classes of travel and accommodation.
Classes
- First class Air-Conditioned (AC) (Code:1A).
The Executive class in Shatabdi type trains is also treated as Ist AC.
- AC 2-tier sleeper (Code:2A)
- First class (Code:FC)
- AC 3 Tier (Code:3A)
- AC chair Car (Code:CC)
- Sleeper Class (Code:SL)
- Second Sitting (Code:2S)
Accommodation Types
The following class-accommodation combinations are created for by the system:
- I AC. Berths for night and seats for day. Both berths and seats are considered identical with respect to fare and
accommodations.
- AC 2-tier sleeper. Berths for night and seats
for day are considered identical with respect to fare. The extent of
accommodation for night journey and day journey (that is, sitting and
sleeping accommodation) generally remains same.
- I Class. Berths and seats are considered
identical with respect to fare but during the day, number of seats are
greater than the number of berths during the night.
- AC 3-Tier
- AC chair car
- Sleeper class berths
- II Class sitting (Day coaches)
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