Think of it as the plain, in-between railcarโthe middle kid bridging the flashy locomotive and the caboose. It nods to big-city transit life: Tokyo-level punctuality, NYC subway chaos, and every crushed-into-the-doors 9-to-5 saga. Its squared face, twin headlights, and roof gear (that pantograph) are instant tells, so it doubles as a stand-in for subways, trams, and any electric railcar you sprint toward when the doors start beeping.
People drop it in travel updates, commute chatter, and โIโm on trackโ check-insโboth literal and metaphorical. Itโs meme fuel, too: stack a few after a ๐ to build a proper hype train, especially in Twitch chats or group texts where the excitement snowballs. Flip it with sarcasm after a delay rant or a โmy week is off the railsโ meltdown for peak commuter-core drama. It can even read flirty or cozy: โlast train home?โ gives rom-com final-scene vibes, especially paired with a moon and a station sign.
On Apple/iOS, itโs shown head-on as a boxy railcar with big windows, bright headlights, and a metal pantograph perched on top, rolling along shiny steel tracks. The whole look screams clean, electric commuter unit gliding into a city station right at rush hour.
Definition
A vehicle pulled behind a locomotive that carries people or other cargo. This emoji is a bit confusing because it looks like a light rail or other self-propelled electric trolley.
Disqus Leave a comment!
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1602 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:railway_car:
Keywords
Railway, Rail, Car, Coach, Train
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680โ1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Names & Annotations
RAILWAY CAR
Symbol Information
U+1F683 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7DF
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
ย #30 'Train' ้ป่ป U+E65B SJIS-F8BC JIS-756E
KDDI
ย #172 ้ป่ป U+E4B5 SJIS-F68E JIS-756E
Softbank
ย #205 #old30 ้ป่ป U+E01E SJIS-F95E
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
๐
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
๐
Decimal HTML Entity
🚃
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🚃
Hex Code Point(s)
1f683
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F683
Decimal Code Point(s)
128643
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0x83
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A 83
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 203
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE83
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde83
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56963
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F683
UTF-32 Hex
01F683
UTF-32 Dec
128643
Python Src
u"\U0001F683"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\x83"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE83"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
