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Posted: Sep 11 2021 (13:42)
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Sep 11 2021 (13:42) 12382/Poorva Express (Via Gaya) (PT)
PiyushSrivastava^~
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Not able to get it, searched in 1943, 44, 45, but all went in vain as I don't have the TT of all India🙁
No issue .But as far as I have heard ,it used to depart in morning and used to halt at BZA for 30 minutes for water for engine ,coaches ,coal for steam loco .other major stops were kazipet (LR),Chandrapur ,wardha ( LR) nagpur ,Amla ,itarsi ,bhopal ,jhansi ,Agra ,Mathura
3rd Day around 10 am it used to Reach Delhi .
I am also trying to search old TT in net
3rd Day around 10 am it used to Reach Delhi .
I am also trying to search old TT in net
Please see Old TT of GT during British Era
In 1970s
As a prestigious train, it was one of the few to have the early methods of air cooling by ice blocks. It also carried a parcel van for urgent consignments. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the train used to run with a completely air-conditioned rake (First AC and AC Chair Car) on two days of the week, and with its usual rake on other days, and hence was sometimes known as the AC/GT Express.
In 1970s
As a prestigious train, it was one of the few to have the early methods of air cooling by ice blocks. It also carried a parcel van for urgent consignments. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the train used to run with a completely air-conditioned rake (First AC and AC Chair Car) on two days of the week, and with its usual rake on other days, and hence was sometimes known as the AC/GT Express.
From 1st April 1929 the 'Grand Trunk' express commenced operating as two through carriages running between Peshawar in the North Western Railway (British India) and Mangalore in the South Indian Railway. The two coaches made their way to Madras attached to the South Indian Railway's Mangalore-Madras mail train. At Itarsi, the two through coaches from Mangalore were attached to the Great Indian Peninsular Railway's Bombay-Delhi service. In the final leg of the journey between Delhi and Peshawar, the two through carriages were attached to the Frontier mail and reached Peshawar traveling through Bathinda, Ferozepur and Lahore. Thus the train covered a distance of 2497 miles in a little over 96 hours. This was not an independent train and the name 'Grand Trunk express' only referred to the 2 through carriages operating between Mangalore and Peshawar.
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