There’s a silver lining to a daily commute that takes three hours and 15 minutes—each way—for the Pune denizens who use the Deccan Queen to get to work in Mumbai. They travel in civilised comfort and ...

Mumbai: Deccan Queen, one of Central Railway's most prestigious and popular trains, turned 95 on Sunday. Introduced between Mumbai and Pune, the two premier cities of Maharashtra, on June 1, 1930, ...

Deccan Queen-- India's first deluxe train, embarked on its first journey on June 1, 1930. (File) Deccan Queen: The Indian Railways manages and operates the world’s third-largest rail network, which ...

Mumbai: The Deccan Queen, one of the longest running trains of the Indian Railways connecting Mumbai and Pune and which has served millions of passengers commuting between the two cities, turns 85 on ...

The Deccan Queen, India’s first electric express train, has been in a rare gesture, running with diesel locomotives since April 18. Not that it has affected journey timelines, but commuters, old ...

Farrukh Dhondy, author, playwright, columnist and screenplay writer among other interesting things was born in Pune (then Poona) in 1944 and commuted frequently to Mumbai (then Bombay) on the Deccan ...

In a rare diplomatic move, the Taliban-led Afghan government issued a strong condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 28 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir ...

Central Railway is all set to install an ATM machine on the iconic Deccan Queen Express, which runs between Pune and Mumbai. The move comes after the successful trial of an onboard ATM service on the ...

While luxury trains like the Maharajas’ Express, the Palace on Wheels, the Deccan Odyssey, and the Golden Chariot, have set the standard for luxury train travel in India, the country’s first deluxe ...