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Punjab Mail – 107 years
June 4 , 2019
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- The Punjab Mail is one of the oldest long-distance trains in the country.
- It has completed 107 years on June 01, 2019.
- The “Punjab Limited” (former name) made its first journey on June 1st 1912 from Mumbai to Peshawar.
- Peshawar is now part of Pakistan.
- It was known to be the fastest train of British India.
- Before Partition, the train ran from Ballard Pier Mole station in Mumbai all the way to Peshawar, covering a distance of 2,496 km in 47 hours.
- Now it starts from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and its northward journey ends at Firozpur Cantonment, after covering 1,930 km within 34 hours and 15 minutes.
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