The 12903 / 12904 Golden Temple Mail is a mail train belonging to Indian Railways that runs daily between Mumbai Central (MMCT) in Maharashtra and Amritsar Junction (ASR) in Punjab. It is named after the famous Golden Temple at Amritsar. The train is operated with modern LHB coaches from 29 September 2020. 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.
Golden Temple Mail train board
Sleeper Non-AC LHB coaches of Golden Temple Mail.
AC 3 tier LHB coach of Golden Temple Mail.
AC 2 tier LHB coach of Golden Temple Mail.
India has a system of express trains, operated by Indian Railways which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks and operates nearly 3,000 express trains daily. According to the Ministry of Railways, express trains travel faster and have limited stops than ordinary passenger trains. Any passenger train with an average speed higher than 55 km/h (34 mph) is considered super-fast.
Rajdhani Express
Shatabdi Express
WP class steam locomotives helped express trains reach speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1947.
Introduced in 2019, Vande Bharat Express is the fastest express train in India.
