Flying Ranee

The 12921/12922 Flying Ranee (फ्लाइंग रानी ) is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai Central (MMCT) and Surat (ST) in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12922 from Surat to Mumbai Central and as train number 12921 in the reverse direction.[1][2]

Flying Ranee
फ्लाइंग रानी
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
First service17 April 1937
Current operator(s)Western Railways
Route
StartMumbai Central (MMCT)
Stops12
EndSurat (ST)
Distance travelled263 km (163 mi)
Average journey time4 hours 40 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)12921 / 12922
On-board services
Class(es)AC Chair Car, First Class, Double Decker Second class
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesDiscontinued
Technical
Rolling stockICF Utkrisht Coaches
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph) maximum,
56 km/h (35 mph) average including halts

Coaches

Flying Ranee presently has 2 AC Chair Car, 3 General second class, 1 First Class & 12 Double Decker non AC coaches. This train would earlier carry a pantry car but this has been removed and replaced with a Second Chair Car coach.

Service

Flying Ranee was first introduced on 1 May 1937[3] as a weekend special. It ran between 1937 and 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War Two. Since then, it had been discontinued and restarted several times. It finally resumed operations on 1 November 1950 and has been running ever since. On 18 December 1979, double-decker cars were added to the Flying Ranee's rake. Presently it is a daily service.[4][5][6]

It covers the distance of 263 kilometres in 4 hours 40 minutes as 12922 Flying Ranee (56.35 km/hr) and 4 hours 40 minutes as 12921 Flying Ranee (55.37 km/hr).

Traction

Dual traction WCAM-1 locomotive usually hauls the train between Mumbai and Surat. Western Railways completed DC Electric Conversion to AC on 5 February 2012.

It is now regularly hauled by a Vadodara based WAP 7 or WAP 5 or WAP 4E locomotive.

Time Table

12922 Flying Ranee leaves Surat at 05:30 AM IST every day and reaches Mumbai Central at 10:10 AM IST the same day.

12921 Flying Ranee leaves Mumbai Central at 17:55 PM IST every day and reaches Surat at 22:35 PM IST the same day.

Route & Halts

The important halts of the train are:

References
  1. 12922 Surat - Mumbai Central Flying Ranee
  2. 12921 Mumbai Central - Surat Flying Ranee
  3. The Bombay Chronicle, 2 May 1937, page 34
  4. "Famous Trains". Indian Railways Fan Club. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. History of "Flying Ranee"
  6. History of the Bombay-Surat "Flying Ranee"
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