Gujarat Mail
Encyclopedia
Gujarat Mail is a superfast
Indian Railways
train which runs overnight in the Mumbai
-Ahmedabad
section of Western Railways
.
The train was originally numbered as 1DN/2UP Mail & is today renumbered to 12901/12902.
It has the honour of having most number of Air conditioned coaches(Excluding Full AC trains). It has a total of 12 AC coaches.
This 24 coach Mail, usually hauled by a WCAM-2 electric locomotive
has scheduled stops at Valsad
, Surat
& Vadodara
among many others.
Although called a mail, the train does not carry postal mail any more.
Superfast Mail/Express
Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...
Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
train which runs overnight in the Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
-Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
section of Western Railways
Western Railway (India)
The Western Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railway networks in India. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Ratlam - Mumbai Central, Surat - Mumbai, Surat - Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad - Vadodara and Palanpur -...
.
The train was originally numbered as 1DN/2UP Mail & is today renumbered to 12901/12902.
It has the honour of having most number of Air conditioned coaches(Excluding Full AC trains). It has a total of 12 AC coaches.
This 24 coach Mail, usually hauled by a WCAM-2 electric locomotive
Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or an on-board energy storage device...
has scheduled stops at Valsad
Valsad
Valsad , formerly known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in the Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The city has a collectorate, a district court, and a police headquarters with a historic prison...
, Surat
Surat
Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...
& Vadodara
Vadodara
Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
among many others.
Although called a mail, the train does not carry postal mail any more.