About the Legendary Mail
( was known as the Imperial Mail before independence )
It was one of the most luxurious trains of the world those days. The train belonged to Great Indian Peninsular Railway. It even featured in a movie.
Gradually, Mail lost its dignity. Is now slowest among all other superfast trains between Kolkata and Mumbai ( takes roughly 37 hours for...
more... the journey, when Duronto takes just 26 ). The train is poorly maintained. It uses the old ICF coaches and a Wap4 ( for most of its journey ), when most other trains use LHB coaches and WAP7s.