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Blog Entry# 1873224
Posted: May 31 2016 (14:41)

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May 31 2016 (14:41)   63343/Saharsa - Samastipur MEMU
 
AmravatiSuperfast~
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Entry# 1873224            Tags   Past Edits
I filed an RTI to know the official information about the OLDEST TRAINS from each zone.
The official replies I got are compiled in this list.
1. CR: Yet to receive
2. ECR (10.2002): 5529/30 Banmankhi - Samastipur Express (03.11.2002) now 55533/4 Banmankhi - Samastipur Passenger after gauge conversion.
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ECoR: 8415/6 Bhubaneswar - Yesvantpur Express (01.04.2003) now running as 12845/6 Bhubaneswar - Bengaluru Cantt. SF Express
4. ER: First train between Howrah and Hooghly on 15.08.1854 and 1/2 Calcutta - Delhi in 1866 now running as 12311/2 Kalka Mail
5. NCR (2002): 2451/2 Shram Shakti SF Express (01.09.2002) now 12451/2 Shram Shakti SF Express
6. NER: Yet to receive
7. NWR (10.2002): 1JS/2JS 3/4JS Jodhpur Passenger (14.12.2002)
8. NFR: Information not available in the office.
9. NR: Information not available in the office.
10. SCR (02.10.1966): 1/2 Secunderabad - Vijayawada Golconda Express on (01-03-1969) now running as 17201/2 Golconda Express
11. SECR (01.04.2003): 405/6B Bilaspur - Bishrampur Express (01.07.2003) now running as 18241/2 Durg - Ambikapur Express
12. SER: 95/6 Howrah - Bombay Deluxe Express; 99/100 Howrah - Madras Deluxe Express; 457/8 Rourkela - Titlagarh Passenger; 1PA/2PA Adra - Purulia Passenger now running as 63593/4 Purulia - Asansol MEMU (01.04.1967); 1DR/2DR 3DR/4DR Durg - Raipur Passenger (01.10.1967) now under SECR.
13. SWR (2003-04): 7311/2 Madras Vasco Weekly Express (15.12.2003) now running as 17311/2 Chennai Vasco Weekly Express
14. SR: Information not available in the office.
15. WCR: Yet to receive
16. WR: Information not available in the office.
17. KR: Yet to receive

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AmravatiSuperfast~
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However, what IRI members say is listed below:
1. CR: 12137/8 Punjab Mail (Yr. 1912 as The Punjab Limited); 12123/4 Deccan Queen Express (Yr. 1930 as Deccan Queen)
2. ECoR: 12801/2 Purushottam Express (1980); 12859/60 Geetanjali Express (Yr. 1977)
3. ECR: 12553/4 Vaishali Express (earlier Jayanti Janta Express, 1974); 12391/2 Shramjeevi Express (1991); 12401/2 Magadh Express
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ER: 12311/2 Kalka Mail (Yr. 1866 as the East Indian Railway Mail)
5. KR: 10111/2 Konkan Kanya Express (Yr. 1998)
6. NCR:
7. NER:
8. NFR: 15909/10 Avadh Assam Express (Yr. 1960/1961 as the 1/2 Avadh Tirhut Mail)
9. NR: 14055/6 Brahmaputra Mail (Yr. 1972 as Tinsukia Mail)
10. NWR:
11. SCR: 17031/2 Mumbai - Hyderabad Express (Yr. 1962); 17063/4 Ajanta Express (Yr. 1966)
12. SECR: 18235/6 Bhopal - Bilaspur Express (1964); 18237/8 Chhattisgarh Express (Yr. 1977); 18233/4 Narmada Express
13. SER: 12839/40 Howrah - Chennai Mail (1900); 12841/2 Coromandel Express; 12809/10 Mumbai - Howrah Mail
14. SWR: 12657/8 Chennai Central - KSR Bengaluru Mail (Yr. 1864)
15. SR: 12601/2 Chennai - Mangaluru Mail (Yr. 1884); 12839/40Chennai - Howrah Mail (Yr. 1900); 12615/6 Grand Trunk (GT) Express (Yr. 1928); 12671/2 Nilagiri Express
16. WCR: 12189/90 Mahakaushal Express (as 1449/50 Qutub Express)
17. WR: 12903/4 Golden Temple Mail (Yr. 1928) OR 19165/6 Sabarmati Express

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