Golden Temple Mail
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Golden Temple Mail At Jalandhar City Junction railway station | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Service type | Mail/Express | ||||
| Locale | Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi & Punjab | ||||
| First service | 1 September 1928 | ||||
| Current operator | Western Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Bandra Terminus (BDTS) Amritsar Junction (ASR) | ||||
| Stops | 35 | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,893 km (1,176 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 29hrs 00mnts | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number | 12903 / 12904 | ||||
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| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Observation facilities | Large windows | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Overhead racks | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | LHB coaches | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) average including halts | ||||
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The 12903 / 12904 Golden Temple SF Mail is a Daily Superfast Mail train operated by the Indian Railways that runs daily between Bandra Terminus (BDTS) in Maharashtra and Amritsar Junction (ASR) in Punjab. It is the fastest daily train from Mumbai to Amritsar. It is named after the Golden Temple at Amritsar. The train has operated with modern LHB coaches since 29 September 2020. Before the Partition of India, it would ferry passengers arriving by Steamer from Europe directly from the Ballard Pier in Bombay to the city of Peshawar on India's North-West Frontier. The train ran as the Frontier Mail between 1928 and 1996.
It operates as train number 12903 from Bandra Terminus to Amritsar Junction and as train number 12904 in the reverse direction.