Organizations & Corporations Acronyms of Indian Railways : AIRF- All-India Railwaymens Federation (union organization) BMRTC- Bangalore Metropolitan Rail Transit Corporation, Ltd. BPT- Bombay Port Trust (later MPT) CMC- Computer Maintenance Corporation, also Calcutta Metro Corporation COFMOW- Central Organization for the Modernization of Workshops CONCOR- Container Corporation of India COOIS -Central Organization for Operations Information Systems CORE -Central Organization for Railway Electrification COS- Central Office of Standards (predecessor of RDSO) CRIS- Centre for Railway Information Systems CTC- Calcutta Tramways Corporation DCW- Diesel Component Works, Patiala DMRC- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ELRTS- Elevated Light Rail Transit System (proposed, Bangalore) FNRM- Friends of the National Rail Museum FROA- Federation of Officers Associations (umbrella organization for railway officers groups) IPWE -Institution of Permanent Way Engineers IRAS -Indian Railway Accounts Services (financial management) IRC -Indian Railways Corporation (proposed) IRCA -Indian Railway Conference Association (body that issues inspection guidelines, allots wagon codes, inspects workshops) IRCON -Indian Railways Construction Company, now IRCON International Ltd., which takes on contract work to build railways in other countries (Iraq, Nepal, Indonesia...). IRCOT -Indian Railways Central Organization for Telecom IRCTC -Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation IREB -Indian Railways Executive Board (proposed) IRFC -Indian Railways Finance Corporation IRIATT -Indian Railways Institute of Advanced Track Technology IRICEN -Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune IRIEEN -Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik IRIMEE -Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur IRISET -Indian Railways Insitute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad IRMS -Indian Railway Medical Services IRPHA -Indian Railway Public Health Association IRPS -indian Railway Personnel Services (human resources) IRRA -Indian Railways Regulatory Authority (proposed) IRSE -Indian Railway Service of Engineers IRSEE -Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers IRSME -Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers IRSS -Indian Railway Stores Services (inventory control) IRSSE -Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers IRSTE -Indian Railway Signal and Telecom Engineering IRTS -Indian Railway Traffic Services (management, marketing) ISRS -Indian Steam Railway Society ITB -International Tourist Bureau (New Delhi) KRCL -Konkan Railway Corporation, Ltd. KRDC -Konkan Railway Development Corporation K-RIDE -Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (Karnataka) Ltd. KRIST -Konkan Railway Institute for Staff Training KMRT -Kolkata Mass Rapid Transit LRDSS -Long Range Decision Support System LRTS -Light Rail Transit System (proposed, Kolkata) MPT- Mumbai Port Trust (see BPT) MRSP- Model Railway Society of Pune MRTS- Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai) MRVC- Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation MTP -Metropolitan Transport Project (Railways), Bombay MUTP -Mumbai Urban Transport Project (a World Bank project) NFIR -National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (union organization) NRM -National Rail Museum, New Delhi PRCL -Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd. NRMU -National Railway Mazdoor Union (railway employees trade union) RB -Railway Board RBSS -Railway Board Secretariat Services (part of Railway Ministry) RCIL -Railtel Corporation of India, Ltd. RDSO -Research, Design and Standards Organization ROMA -Railway Officers Medical Association RPF -Railway Protection Force (also see below, Miscellaneous) RSC -Railway Staff College, Vadodara RITES -Rail India Technical and Economic Services, which takes on planning, design, and operational work in other countries (Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mexico, Zambia, Nepal, etc.). RTRC -Railway Testing and Research Centre (a predecessor of RDSO) RWWCO- Railway Womens Welfare Central Organization RVNL -Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. SGE -Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd. WAP -Wheel and Axle Plant
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