KNOW THE MEANING OF CROSS MARK AT THE END OF BOGGIE OF TRAIN !!

You might have noticed a mark X on the last bogie of a train once in a life. According to a rule, now every train must have this mark on its last bogie. Also, observe the board with letters LV written on it beside the letter X and a red light below the letter X.But do you know what that means? We will discuss about this X mark in this article.

• It indicates that wagon consisting of this letter X is the last wagon of the train.
• The Letter “X” is used during morning whereas Red light below it is used to indicate during night.
• If the last wagon of the train doesn’t contain this symbol, then it indicates that the train is in trouble and also it can be known that train is running without some wagons.
• It can easily alert the railway officials so that they can save from the accident.
• In addition, a small board with ‘LV’ (black on yellow) is often attached to the rear of the vehicle (it stands for Last Vehicle).

There are some cases where a last vehicle indication is not required — for instance, when the number of coaches or wagons in a train can be passed on to each block section after verification from the previous block section at the time the line clear indication is obtained (and with exchange of private numbers). The information is also provided to the section controllers. In some cases when working entirely within one block section, an 'LV' sign is not needed if the number of coaches or wagons is communicated by telephone to the next station.