Owing to its popularity, it used to be known as the Duplicate Punjab Mail by the local population.
[1] The 13049/Howrah–Amritsar Express had average speed of 43 km/h and covered 1924 km in 44h 30m.
13050/Amritsar–Howrah Express had average speed of 42 km/h and covered 1924 km in 45h 35m.
The train consisted of 19 coaches: Between Howrah Junction to Lucknow Junction, the train was generally hauled by Howrah Loco Shed based WAP-4 locomotive.
And for the rest of the journey between Saharanpur Junction and Amritsar Junction, it was hauled by Ghaziabad Locomotive Shed based WAP-7 locomotive.