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N.DI Karlruhe

English translation: N.DI Karlsruhe

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German term or phrase:	N.DI Karlruhe
English translation:	N.DI Karlsruhe
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08:36 May 6, 2005

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German term or phrase: N.DI Karlruhe

Any idears what the abbreviation's for?

Projektvorbereitung für DB Netz AG; N.DI Karlruhe
Oberbauinstandhaltungsmaßnahmen
Betraanträge, Sicherungspläne, Projektbegleitung

Project preparation for DB Netz AG; N.DI Karlruhe
Track superstructure maintenance measures, betraanträge, safety plans, project administration

davidgreen

N.DI Karlsruhe

Explanation:
I have no idea what this would mean in full but this seems to be a department abbreviation used internally by DB. So you might get away with leaving it as is (but be sure to correct the city name typo).

See usage of "N.DI-BLN-M" at
https://www.icc-hofmann.de/NewsTicker/Ausschreibung_95322-20...

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Note added at 35 mins (2005-05-06 09:12:08 GMT)
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On the other hand, David may have a point - asking the customer might be *the* way to go here.

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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 18:49

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I think it's departmental abbreviation since there were next to no typos in the doc. thanks all
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N.DI Karlsruhe

Steffen Walter

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Karlsruhe office

David Moore

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Karlsruhe office

Explanation:
I can only guess the full stop may be in the wrong place, and that the initials should read "Ndl", short for Niederlassung, but I'm not at all sure...

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-05-06 09:02:34 GMT)
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and of course as Steffen points out, it has to be one typo already in \"Karlruhe\", so why not another?

David Moore
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N.DI Karlsruhe

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 18:49
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Grading comment

I think it's departmental abbreviation since there were next to no typos in the doc. thanks all

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