pune a new 92yearold deccan queen will chug into pune railway station from mumbai on wednesday evening with rakes that were changed from the conventional to linke hofmann busch lhb and a brandnew dining car the train will make its first trip to pune and arrive in the city around 830pm the lhb coaches are far more safer than conventional coaches and provide higher speed as well as control they have an increased capacity the deccan queen is one of the oldest trains in the country and this transformation is sure to bring renewed enthusiasm and people will love travelling by it even more a central railway official told toi a decision to upgrade the train was taken last february and the new design was approved by the national institute of design ahmedabad after a nod from the railways ministry the rakes have better suspension and seating is more comfortable in all 15 new rakes have been designed including the dining car and the vistadome coach which was attached last year the new rakes will be capable of moving at a maximum speed of 160kmph the official said businessman naresh jalan shuttles between pune and mumbai frequently by deccan queen i have been travelling by this train for the past 15 years i am excited and hope some part of the original train is still there the journey will become safer and possibly shorter he added the train leaves pune around 715am and reaches mumbai at 1030am and leaves mumbai at 510pm and reaches pune at 830pm the new dining car will be an attraction it has been an integral part of the train and very dear to the passengers the earlier dining car had a seating capacity of 32 people which now has been increased to 40 the train has a modern pantry car microwave ovens and freezers the recent decision of the government to not to allow lpg cylinders in pantry cars will not affect the deccan queen as it has lhb coaches now which has an induction system another railways official said