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=== India === In India, wagons owned by the [[Indian Railways]] are marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway divisions concerned along with the Hindi abbreviation; for example, trains of the [[Western Railway zone]] are marked "WR" and "प रे"; those of the [[Central Railway zone]] are marked "CR" and "मध्य", etc. The codes are agreed between the railways and registered with the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Government of India]]. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of IR Zones |- ! ! Railway Zone ! Code ! Zone Headquarters |- | 1. || [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | NR || [[Delhi railway division|Delhi]] |- | 2. || [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | NER || [[Gorakhpur]] |- | 3. || [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | NFR || [[Guwahati]] |- | 4. || [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]] || style="text-align:center;"| ER || [[Kolkata]] |- | 5. || [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | SER || [[Kolkata]] |- | 6. || [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | SCR || [[Secunderabad Railway Station|Secunderabad]] ([[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]) |- | 7. || [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | SR || [[Chennai]] |- | 8. || [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]] || style="text-align:center;"| CR || [[Mumbai]] |- | 9. || [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | WR || [[Mumbai]] |- | 10. || [[South Western Railway zone|South Western Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | SWR || [[Hubballi]] |- | 11. || [[North Western Railway zone|North Western Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | NWR || [[Jaipur]] |- | 12. || [[West Central Railway zone|West Central Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | WCR || [[Jabalpur]] |- | 13. || [[North Central Railway zone|North Central Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | NCR || [[Allahabad]] |- | 14. || [[South East Central Railway zone|South East Central Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | SECR || [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] |- | 15. || [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | ECoR || [[Bhubaneswar]] |- | 16. || [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | ECR || [[Hajipur]] |- | 17. || [[Kolkata Metro]] || style="text-align:center;" | MR || [[Kolkata]] |- | 18. || [[South Coast Railway zone|South Coast Railway]] || style="text-align:center;" | SCoR || [[Visakhapatnam]] |}
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