Inaugural dates of famous mail trains:-
1. Madras Bangalore Mail Mon Aug 01, 1864.
2. 1 up/2dn Kalka Mail Mon Jan 01, 1866. 1864 Kolkata Cyclone damaged rail line from HWH to BWN. nearly 1.5 yrs taken to restore the line. Work ended on Sat Dec 30, 1865, Kalka Mail inaugurated on Mon Jan 01, 1866.
3. Howrah Bombay Mail via Jabalpur Mon Mar...
more... 07, 1870.
4. Darjeeling Mail July 15, 1878. Break journey SDAH-Damukhdia in 1st leg; Padma Cross; then Ishwardi-Siliguri in 2nd Leg. Year taken From IRFCA.
5. Peshawar/Lahore-Amritsar-Howrah Punjab Mail 1896. Year taken From IRFCA.
6. Howrah Madras Mail Wed Aug 15, 1900. see Wiki
6. 29 up/30 Dn Delhi Lucknow Mail Sep 02, 1900. Lucknow Moradabad made in 1873, Delhi Moradabad line made in 1900. see Wiki
7. Peshawar/Lahore-Firozpur-Delhi-Bombay Punjab Mail Tue Mar 14, 1905
8. Bombay-Madras Mail Thu Dec 01, 1921.
9. Peshawar/Lahore-Amritsar-Delhi-Bombay Frontier Mail Sat Sep 01, 1928
10. Grand Trunk Express. Mon Apr 01, 1929.
11. Howrah Bombay Mail via Nagpur June 8, 1930. Howrah-Bilaspur in BG, Bilaspur-Nagpur in MG & Nagpur-Bombay in BG. Bilaspur-Nagpur MG line made into BG on 1936.