Golden Temple Mail
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| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Superfast | ||||
| First service | 1 September 1928 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Western Railways | ||||
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| Start | Mumbai Central | ||||
| Stops | 34 as 12903 Golden Temple Mail, 35 as 12904 Golden Temple Mail | ||||
| End | Amritsar | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,891 km (1,175 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 32 hours 15 minutes as 12903 Golden Temple Mail, 31 hours 55 minutes as 12904 Golden Temple Mail | ||||
| Service frequency | daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12903 / 12904 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available, Pantry Car attached | ||||
| Observation facilities | No rake sharing but maintains 4 separate rakes for service | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Standard Indian Railway coaches | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum 58.94 km/h (37 mph), including halts |
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The 12903/12904 Golden Temple Mail is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs daily between Mumbai Central and Amritsar in Punjab. The train ran as the Frontier Mail between 1928 and 1996, ferrying passengers arriving by Steamer from Europe directly from Ballard Pier in Bombay to the city of Peshawar on India's North-West Frontier before the Partition of India.
It operates as train number 12903 from Mumbai Central to Amritsar Junction and as train number 12904 in the reverse direction.
The 12903/04 Golden Temple Mail has 1 first AC cum second ac, 2 AC 2 tier, 5 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 2 General unreserved coaches, 2 General cum baggage coaches. It also has 1 Railway Mail service coach and 1 Pantry Car & 1 HCPV.
It has a total 24 Coaches.
As with most train services in India, Coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
The Golden Temple Mail runs between Mumbai Central and Amritsar Junction. It is a daily service covering the distance of 1891 km in 32 hours 15 mins as 12903 Golden Temple Mail averaging 58.64 km/hr & 31 hours 55 mins as 12904 Golden Temple Mail averaging 59.25 km/hr.
Earlier Dual traction WCAM 2/2P locos would haul the train between Mumbai Central and Vadodara after which a Vadodara based WAP 4 would take over until Hazrat Nizamuddin following which a WDM 3A from Tughlakabad takes over until Amritsar Junction.
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