Who says South India does not have Gatimaan. It is called Vaigai Express. - Thamizh Maran

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.

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