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Jun 02 2012 (10:13AM)  Deccan Queen still chugging at 83 (www.dnaindia.com)

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Deccan Queen, the first-ever public transport of its kind that connected Mumbai (then called Bombay) and Pune in a three-and-a-half hour ride in the 1930s, has completed 82 years.The Central Railway (CR) celebrated the electric train’s 83rd anniversary on Friday.“The introduction of Deccan Queen between the two premier cities on June 1, 1930, was a major landmark in the history of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), now called the Central Railway.This was the first deluxe train introduced on the railway to serve two important cities of the region and was aptly named after Pune, also called as Queen of Deccan,” said a senior CR official.The history of Deccan Queen (Dakkhan ki Rani) is literally a tale of two cities.Over the last 82 years, the train has grown from a mere medium of transportation between two cities into an institution binding generation of loyal passengers.“I have been travelling by the...
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Deccan Queen for the last 10 years. I live in Pune and work in Mumbai. This train is almost always on time. It reaches Mumbai by 10.30am, and departs from Mumbai at 5.10pm sharp,” said Hemant Tapale, a businessman.“Initially, the train was introduced with two rakes of seven coaches each — one of painted in silver with scarlet mouldings and the other with royal blue with gold lines. The under frames of the coaches of the original rakes were built in England while the coach bodies were built in the Matunga Workshop of the GIPR,” the official said. The number of coaches in the rake was also increased to 12 from the original seven coaches providing additional accommodation.Over the year the number of coaches in the train has been increased to the present level of 17 coaches.
Jun 02 2012 (06:49AM)  It's been a long run for these trains (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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MUMBAI: June 1 is a red-letter day for Central Railway (CR) as two of its premier trains made their inaugural...
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run on this day.While the Punjab Mail completed 100 years of its run, the Deccan Queen, which completed 82 years, will get a makeover that promises to enhance the travelling experience of its passengers. The Punjab Mail takes 34 hours to cover 1,930 km between Mumbai and Ferozpur Cantonment. The origins of the Punjab Mail are rather unclear. Based on a cost estimate paper circa 1911 and a complaint by an irate passenger dated October 12, 1912, about "late arrival of the train by a few minutes at Delhi", it has been inferred that the mail train made its maiden run out of Ballard Pier Mole station on June 1, 1912. Originally known as the Punjab Limited, the train in the pre-Independence era used to run on fixed days from Bombay's Ballard Pier Mole station all the way to Peshawar, via the Great Indian Peninsular route, covering 2,496 km in about 47 hours. During those days, the Punjab Limited was the fastest train in British India. The Deccan Queen has been the darling of passengers who ply the Mumbai-Pune route. Subodh Jain, CR general manager, who flagged off the train on Friday, said, "We have decided to upgrade passenger amenities." The Deccan Queen made its maiden journey on June 1, 1930.The weekend train between Mumbai and Pune, is known for its punctuality and on-board catering. The train has had an uninterrupted run, except for brief spells on three occasions.After the train's coaches derailed at Lonavala on July 13, 1992, the service came to halt for nine days. After the 2005 deluge damaged tracks, the service was grounded for three weeks.
Jun 01 2012 (10:28PM)  India's Punjab Mail train celebrates 100 years (gulfnews.com)
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Mumbai : The Punjab Mail, which runs between Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Firozpur, Punjab, on a 34-hour journey covering...
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1,940km, is the first train to achieve the distinction of completing 100 years on Indian Railway’s broad gauge network. According to the Central Railway, its birth date has been calculated on old documents and a spokesman said that the origins of the once Bombay to Peshawar Punjab Mail remain unclear but it is believed that the train made her maiden run out of Ballard Pier Mole station in Mumbai on June 1, 1912. The P & O steamers would at that time bring in the mail and the officers of the Raj, along with their wives, on their first posting in colonial India. The steamer voyage between Southampton and Bombay lasted 13 days. As the British officials held combined tickets both for their voyage to Bombay as well as their inland journey by train to their place of posting, they would, after disembarking, simply board one of the trains bound for either Madras, Calcutta or Delhi. Of the many trains, the most prestigious was the Punjab Mail or Punjab Limited as she was then called and used to run on fixed mail days from Bombay all the way to Peshawar via the Great Indian Peninsular route covering the 2,496km journey in about 47 hours. The trains then comprised of six cars: three for passengers, and three for postal goods and mail. The three passengers carrying cars had capacity of 96 passengers. The sparkling cars were all corridor cars and were made up of first class, dual berth compartments, catering to the upper class gentry with even a compartment for luggage and the servants of the ‘white’ sahibs.
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