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Queen of the Sahyadri: Ride like the wind
Updated On: 01 June, 2013 03:38 PM IST | | Hassan M Kamal
India's first superfast train, The Deccan Queen, completes 83 years today. And it calls for nothing less than a celebration. So, Hassan M Kamal hopped on for one such ride to relive the train journey that has connected Mumbai and Pune for over eight decades now
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She waits majestically on platform no 8 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Station, her forehead decorated with a red symbol of the swastika and a tattoo that reads Shubh Labh wishing a blessed journey.
The Deccan Queen Express is one of the most packed trains during the weekdays carrying hundreds of commuters from Pune to Mumbai; many of them working professionals who find place in the two bogies reserved for seasonal passengers. PicsS/Hassan M Kamal
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