LIST OF THE OLDEST TRAINS FROM EACH ZONE:
The first long distance train started in each zone. The oldest and historic one.
1. CR: 12137/8 Punjab Mail (Yr. 1929 as The Punjab Limited between Bombay & Lahore) and 12123/4 Deccan Queen Express (Yr. 1930 as Deccan Queen)
2. ECoR: 12845/6 Bhubaneswar - Bengaluru Cantt. SF Express (01.04.2003) Previously, 8415/6 BBS-YPR Express (As per...
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3. ECR: 12391/2 Shramjeevi Express (1991) OR 12553/4 Vaishali Express
4. ER: 12311/2 Kalka Mail (Yr. 1866 as the East Indian Railway Mail)
5. KR: 10111/2 Konkan Kanya Express (Yr. 1998)
6. NCR (2002): 12451/2 Shram Shakti Express (01.09.2002) and 14115/Allahabad - Haridwar Express (16.02.2004) (As per 2 different replies to RTI by NCR)
7. NER:
8. NFR: 15909/10 Avadh Assam Express (Yr. 1960/1961 as the 1/2 Avadh Tirhut Mail)
9. NR: 14055/6 Brahmaputra Mail (Yr. 1972 as Tinsukia Mail) (Reply to RTI by NR: No such information is available)
10. NWR (10.2002): 1JS/2JS, 3JS/4JS Jaipur Jodhpur Passenger (As per reply to RTI by NWR)
11. SCR: 17031/2 Mumbai - Hyderabad Express (Yr. 1962)
12. SECR: 405B/406B Bilaspur - Bishrampur Express (01.07.2003) (As per reply to RTI by SECR).
18235/6 Bhopal - Bilaspur Express (1964) OR 18237/8 Chhattisgarh Express (Yr. 1977) OR 18233/4 Narmada Express
13. SER: 12859/60 Geetanjali Express (Yr. 1977) OR 12809/10 Mumbai - Howrah Mail
14. SWR: 12657/8 Chennai Central - KSR Bengaluru Mail (Yr. 1864)
15. SR: 12601/2 Chennai - Mangaluru Mail (Yr. 1884) OR 12839/40Chennai - Howrah Mail (Yr. 1900) OR 12615/6 Grand Trunk (GT) Express (Yr. 1928)
16. WCR: 12189/90 Mahakaushal Express (as 1449/50 Qutub Express)
17. WR: 12903/4 Golden Temple Mail (Yr. 1928) OR 19165/6 Sabarmati Express