After commuters chose their favourite colour scheme, India's premier design institute, the Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design (NID), is going to work on the exterior look of the iconic Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen train.

mid-day has been reporting about the developments in the 90-year-old train's comeback, including an upgrade to the class of German-design Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches and a 40-seat dining car with panoramic windows — a first in an LHB-class train. LHB coaches provide improved suspension system with more riding comfort, with a designed speed of 160 kmph that can go up to 200 kmph.