History & Legend
Deccan Odyssey was launched by the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation Ltd in association with Indian Railways Ministry. Since its inauguration this train has been passed successful years and could be aligned with the best royal trains of the world like the Blue Train of South Africa, The Orient Express of Europe and the Eastern and Oriental of South East Asia.
The MOU was signed in Feb 2001 between the Indian Railway Ministry and Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation. The blue Limousine design has been selected for the train. After two years of the MOU, Deccan Odyssey was ready at the end of 2003 and it begins its first journey on January 16th, 2004 from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) Mumbai. 






