Commuters' recommendations on how they want their beloved Deccan Queen to look and feel have been heard by the Central Railway. An order for a specially customised 20-car train for the iconic Deccan Queen has been placed by the railways. The new train with its popular dining car, red and blue colours and push-pull arrangements will be ready by June 1 when it marks its 90th birthday.

The Deccan Queen is the only regular passenger train in India to have its own dining car and a unique livery. With trials scheduled for the push-pull mode (with locomotives at both ends that enable driving in both directions), the train intends to cut down travel time between Mumbai and Pune to two hours and 40 minutes, against the present time of three hours and 10 minutes.