The Lifeline Express, hospital-on-wheels which has cured many a disability as it chugged to various locations in India, will now travel across the world on the corner of envelopes with the launch of a national postage stamp in its honour.

The train, run by the NGO Impact India, had humble beginnings with initially having just three discarded wooden coaches, but has evolved into a state-of-the-art facility with two air-conditioned operation theatres. The national stamp, which depicts the train steaming off into a rainbow, was released by Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir along with A H Tobaccowala, the head of Impact India.