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I found the following two expressions in a bus schedule:

Время отправления с НП

Время прибытия на КП

I understand that the first one means "time of departure" and the second "time of arrival", but what do "с НП" and "на КП" stand for?

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As far as I understand, these abbreviations stand for:

  • НП - начальный пункт (starting point/stop)

  • КП - конечный пункт (ending point/stop)

Hence the two lines are:

Время отправления с НП
(Time of departure from the starting point)

Время прибытия на КП
(Time of arrival at the destination/ending point)

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  • @Quassnoi I don't understand what you mean when you say "That's not how it works in Russian". Dec 9, 2023 at 13:04
  • I think he means that in Russian, they actually use the abbreviations and don't write these words out.
    – CocoPop
    Dec 9, 2023 at 13:14
  • @ElementsInSpace: the first expanded abbreviation should have been put into the instrumental case. However, the author elected not to expand them so neither should we.
    – Quassnoi
    Dec 9, 2023 at 13:28

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