Classic route
Deccan Queen
Mumbai → Pune · India
Maharashtra’s beloved “Queen” since 1930. India’s first deluxe electric express, still climbing the monsoon-soaked Bhor Ghat with the network’s last dining car.
- Distance
- 192 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 61 km/h
- Top speed
- 110 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmMumbai CSMT (Suburban) +2
- 9 kmDadar (Central)
- 33 kmThane
- 128 kmLonavala
- 189 kmShivajinagar
- 191 kmPune Junction
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18029245: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 7 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4.5 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
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Deccan Queen?
The Deccan Queen runs 192 km from Mumbai to Pune.
How long does the Deccan Queen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 10 min for the 192 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Deccan Queen?
Indian Railways, with WAP-7, LHB rake.
How old is the Deccan Queen?
The line has been in service since 1930. 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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