Service type Superfast Mail Train Last service 16 April 2002 | First service 16 April 1853 Start Delhi | |
Locale Punjab, Sindh (before partition of India)
Haryana, NCT Delhi, Punjab, India (after partition of India) End Karachi Cantonment (before partition of India)
Amritsar (after partition of India) | ||
Fluxus performance flying mail
The Flying Mail was a train operating between Delhi, India's national capital and Amritsar in Punjab. The service was discontinued in 2001. It used to leave Delhi at 12 noon and reach Amritsar by 21:00. Before partition of India the Flying mail ran up to Karachi in Sindh (now in Pakistan) and was the fastest train between two cities. It used to share rake with Sarayu Yamuna Express (Shaheed Express) between Delhi and Darbhanga in Bihar until 2001 when the Sarayu Yamuna Express was extended till Amritsar. Today the Shaheed Express operates between Amritsar and Jaynagar in Bihar four days a week. During British Indian times the Flying Mail used to leave Delhi at 12 noon and reach Lahore in Punjab (now in Pakistan) by 21:00 and the further head towards Karachi. The return train from Karachi used to reach Lahore by 12 noon and Delhi by 21:00.