India, June 2 -- Pune -

The Deccan Queen - one of the most iconic trains in the history of the Indian Railways - completed 96 years of service on Monday, with passengers, railway officials and rail enthusiasts celebrating the occasion at Pune railway station.

The celebrations began early in the morning at Pune railway station, where members of the Railway Pravasi Group, railway officials and regular passengers gathered to mark the occasion. A cake was cut at 6:45 am at the hands of Krishna Kumar Goyal, chairman of the Kohinoor Group. The locomotive of the Deccan Queen was decorated with flowers and ceremonially honoured before the train departed for Mumbai at 7:15 am amid applause from passengers and railway enthusiasts.

Harsha Shah, p...