Bombay – Peshawar

Frontier Mail
1928-1947
An essay in pictures
Arrival in India at Ballard Pier by the P&O Line
Embark at Ballard Pier - Mall Station, Bombay
Departure from Ballard Pier Mall Station, Bombay
En route – Darra Pass
En route
First class compartments
Airconditioning with ice blocks
Restaurant car
Restaurant car menu
Fearless Nadia in “Miss Frontier Mail” (1936)
Delhi Junction (old Delhi station) – junction of Eastern Punjab Railway
and North Western Railway
Ambala Cantonment station in pre Independence India
Amritsar Station (today) with original front architecture intact
Lahore
Lahore
Crossing the Jhelum
Rawalpindi
Disembark at Peshawar Cantonment Station
Khyber Pass – 30 miles from Peshawar
From frontier to frontier by Frontier Mail: 1928 Inaugural to 1947 Ende