What does the word UP mean in Railway terms?

Question

What does the word UP mean in Railway terms?

Answer 1

Union Pacific

Answer 2

Union Pacfic

Answer 3

Everyone is correct about UP standing for Union Pacific. but in response to zuester2's answer UP is not the largest railroad in the world but is the largest in the USA with 32,400 miles of track, BNSF or Burlington Northern Santa Fe has 32,000 miles of owned track.

Answer 4

UP and DN denotes direction of a train which is leaving or reaching its parental division.

Answer 5

He's right; and ATSF stands for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.

Answer 6

The British Rail Rulebook defines UP services as those travelling towards London and DOWN services as those travelling away.

Even if your train does not start/terminate at London the same principle should be applied to it's direction of running.

Answer 7

up means wheres first time particucular train start

Answer 8

Up means towards a major town

Down means towards a minor town

eg Between London and Birmingham Up is towards London

but between Birmingham and Redditch up is towards Birmingham

Another way to describe it is up is towards milepost 0

Answer 9

Union Pacific. It is the name of a rilroad Company. I beleive it is the largest railroad company in operation today. It was established in 1862 and was part of the first transcontinental railway.

Answer 10

Union Pacific. If the rail is in northern Michigan, Upper Pennisula.