click here Post by Mr. DSP Anirudh aka TheMadrasMail . Pic 1: April 14 1862: Governer Special Train MAS-Beypore click here May 12 1862: SGE-PTJ Section open. 30 June 1862: 312 Miles Open for Traffic (MAS-CBE:301 Miles, MAS-Beypore: 407 Miles)
Pic 2-3: Dec 1864: One MAS-CBE train reach CBE at Night & PTJ-Beypore departs morning from PTJ!! No through Train/Coach in MAS-Baypore!!
Pic 4-5: 1875 No Mail Service in MAS-SBC/Beypore Section (MAS-Bombay Mail pioneered Mail Service in MR). 1889 Mail exist (Beypore-CLT opened in 5 March 1888)
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more... need to understand if Line Opening day is marked as opening day for Mail or if it should be actual run day/year with strong evidence??
PS: MAS-CLT was first Mail (MAS-Beypore started in 1868 was forerunner) but interestingly MAS-CLT Mail itself wasnt forerunner of Malabar Exp/Mangalore Mail