Golden Temple Mail completes 81 years
Western Railway's Golden Temple Mail, earlier known as the Frontier Mail, which made its inaugural run on September 1, 1928 is completing glorious 81 years of service on Tuesday.
As its earlier name implies, the train was intended to carry passengers and mails for Delhi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar, the then far-flung Frontier of the pre-independent India. Over the years, the pomp and luxury of travel on this train was second to none in the country.
The trains used to run between Colaba, which was later closed in 1933, to Peshawar, now in Pakistan, covering a distance of 2335 Kms in 33 hrs. After independence, it runs upto Amritsar.
Image: Frontier Mail passing through Darra Pass (A 1930 photo)
Eastern Railway runs century-old steam locomotive | Shivaji is taller than Liberty statue! | Onam, the most secular festival
blog comments powered by Disqus