Luxury route
Deccan Odyssey
Mumbai → Mumbai · India
Maharashtra’s answer to the Palace on Wheels: a blue-liveried luxury rake looping the Konkan coast to the Ajanta and Ellora caves.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 92.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 36 m); the longest stretch away from it is 12 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Deccan Odyssey?
The Deccan Odyssey is a 2,200 km round trip from Mumbai.
How long does the Deccan Odyssey take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 8 days for the 2,200 km. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Deccan Odyssey?
MTDC and Indian Railways, with luxury saloon rake.
How old is the Deccan Odyssey?
The line has been in service since 2004. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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