The 92 year old legend, the Grand Trunk Express becomes the next train from Chennai Central to get brand new 2021 made modern, safe, and comfortable LHB coaches.
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Train : 02615 Chennai - New Delhi Grand Trunk Express
Loco : Lallaguda WAP7 #30571
The 12615 / 12616 Grand Trunk Express (commonly called G.T. or G.T. Express) is a daily Superfast Express train on Indian Railways, running between New Delhi and Chennai Central. It is a historic train and is one of the oldest trains starting services in 1929. It originally ran between Peshawar in Pakistan (then capital of the North West Frontier Province) and Mangalore Central in Karnataka (then in the Madras Presidency).
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:55 Basin Bridge CDO
01:27 Sleeper Class - SL Coach & Interiors
02:31 AC Three Tier - Interiors
02:50 AC Two Tier - Interiors
03:38 AC First Class - Cabin & Coupe Interiors / Washroom & Shower
05:25 Pantry Car (AC Hot Buffet Car) Interiors
06:11 Decorating the LGD WAP7
07:10 Chennai Central Pf 3
07:50 Chennai - Mumbai LTT Superfast Express
08:10 Grand Departure of Grand Trunk Express
12:12 The End
From 1 April 1929 the 'Grand Trunk' express commenced operating as two through carriages running between Peshawar in the North Western Railway (British India) and Mangalore in the South Indian Railway.
The two coaches, consisting of a composite First and Second class coach and a composite Third class and Luggage coach, made their way to Madras attached to the South Indian Railway's Mangalore–Madras mail train. Between Madras and Itarsi sectional coaches to Itarsi, Bezwada (now Vijayawada) and Hyderabad were operated. At Itarsi, the two through coaches from Mangalore were attached to the Great Indian Peninsular Railway's Bombay–Delhi service. In the final leg of the journey between Delhi and Peshawar, the two through carriages were attached to the Frontier Mail and reached Peshawar traveling through Bathinda, Ferozepore and Lahore. Thus the train covered a distance of 2497 miles in a little over 96 hours. This was not an independent train and the name 'Grand Trunk express' only referred to the 2 through carriages operating between Mangalore and Peshawar.
Shortly after the inauguration of the service, from 15 October 1929, the two through carriages operating between Mangalore and Peshawar were restricted to run between Mettupalayam and Delhi. From 1 March 1930, the service was extended to Lahore.
The revamped 'Grand Trunk express' commenced operating as a dedicated daily train between Madras and Delhi from 1 September 1930. The rakes used for the train were supplied by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway for the next few years.
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