Eighty years after it first ferried passengers from Mumbai to Pune, the Deccan Queen continues to link the two cities and transport commuters daily.
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Travellers to cut cake on 80th anniversary of historic Deccan Queen
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Eighty years after it first ferried passengers from Mumbai to Pune, the Deccan Queen continues to link the two cities and transport commuters daily.
The train was one of the first superfast electric passenger trains in the Indian Railways and had also been among the first to have a dining car for its passengers.
It was also the first train to radically reduce the travelling time between the two cities.
Departing from Pune at 07:15 hours daily the train, with distinctive white and blue compartments, ferries its passengers to Mumbai by 10:30 hours and then takes them leaves on its return journey at 17:10 hours.
On the 80th anniversary of the train, regular commuters plan have said they plan to a cake in celebration of the Deccan Queen and it crossed many more milestones in the future.
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