Deccan Queen is one of the fastest train services linking Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Pune Junction.

Every year on 1 June, its regular pass-holders, railfans and railway authorities celebrate the train's birthday.

The new livery features a dark green-colored main background, with brown and yellow curvilinear stripes, that run from the right end of the coach and end at 2/3rds of the length of the coach thereby giving the rake a unique GenZ look that is bound to make heads turn in conjunction with eyebrows raised.

In addition, a selection of such a dark Green livery would ensure that the train's color does not get adversely impacted at the time of the Indian Monsoon.

The unique Dine-in pantry car of this legendary train will still be retained although in a fresh new LHB avatar.

[citation needed] On 29 December 1953, Bombay-bound Deccan Queen collided at Masjid Bunder station with another local train at 1025 hours.

[citation needed] On 30 November 2006, a mob of around 6,000 protestors set fire to some coaches of the train near Ulhasnagar after forcing the passengers to get down.

This service consists of two routes: Due to the suburban network, Deccan Queen's arrival in Mumbai is affected by up to 30 minutes.

[6] Indian Railways Initially this train ran with two different rakes: one colored silver with scarlet moldings and other royal blue, both manufactured England.

The rake was attached with bankers from Karjat to Lonavala while traveling from Mumbai CSMT to Pune Junction in order to cross steep climbs of the Bhor Ghat.

The Deccan Queen has a distinction of being the first intercity passenger train to be hauled by an electric locomotive, and also not using the reversing station at Bhor Ghat, which was abandoned in 1929 following electrification and construction of new tunnels.