It was started on June 1, 1930 as a weekend train for the Britishers during the British rule in India, to ferry race-fans from Bombay to Poona . The first service of the train was conducted from Kalyan and Pune. It is one of the longest running trains on the Indian Railways to have never run on steam power. From the beginning, It has been run using electric locomotives. The color of its rake has seen a lot of changes, from red colour to yellow and then to blue. It is one of the trains in India having ISO 9000 certification and a dining car. Its Marathi name is Dakhkhanchee Raanee. What am i talking about ?
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