Indian Railways: Divided By Zones, United By Railfans - Karthik

Many of you are shy of mentioning chennai howrah mail and keep writing about coromandel. Let us feel proud of old things first, dont forget mail came in 1900 and coromandel only in 1977. Old trains like howrah mail or GT may no longer be relevant but don't forget they only served the country until all the new ones came.


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THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE OF SOME OLD TRAINS IN INDIA



NORTH

1) Kalka mail - 1866 (extended to kalka in 1891)
2) Kolkata mail - 1870
3) Darjeeling mail - 1878
4) Howrah mumbai mail - 1900
5) Punjab mail - 1905
6) Saurashtra mail - 1925
7) Golden temple mail - 1928
8) Deccan queen - 1930
9) Flying ranee - 1937


SOUTH

1) Mangalore mail - 1862
2) Mumbai mail - 1872
3) Bangalore mail - 1864
4) Howrah mail - 1900
5) Kollam exp - 1904
6) Boat mail - 1914
7) Mumbai express - 1921
8) Blue mountain express - 1929
9) Grand trunk express - 1929
10) Thiruvananthapuram mail - 1944 (which started as cochin harbour - madras central exp and extended to thiruvananthapuram in 1977)


I have given only trains that are running for 75+ years.

If there is any train that is running for 75+ years and not mentioned in list members should alert me.