Flying Ranee

Flying Ranee Superfast Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast Express
Locale	Maharashtra, Gujarat
First service	1906
Current operator(s)	Western Railways
Route
Termini	Mumbai Central Surat
Stops	14
Distance travelled	263 km (163 mi)
Average journey time	4 hours 43 minutes
Service frequency	daily
Train number(s)	12921 / 12922
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, First Class, Double decker second class
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	Discontinued
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum 55.96 km/h (35 mph), including halts

The 12921/12922 Flying Ranee is a super fast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai and Surat in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12922 from Surat to Mumbai and as train number 12921 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

The 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

The Flying Ranee was first introduced in 1906 as a weekend special. It ran between 1906 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. Presently it is a daily service.

It covers the distance of 263 kilometres in 4 hours 40 minutes as 12922 Flying Ranee (56.35 km/hr) and 4 hours 45 minutes as 12921 Flying Ranee (55.37 km/hr)

Traction

Dual traction WCAM 1 locos would usually haul 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 locomotive.

Time Table

12922 Flying Ranee leaves Surat every day at 05:25 hrs IST and reaches the Mumbai at 10:10 hrs IST. On return, the 12921 Flying Ranee leaves Mumbai every day at 17:55 hrs IST and reaches Surat at 22:35 hrs IST.

Gallery

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  Flying Ranee Double Decker
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  Flying Ranee Chair Car
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  Flying Ranee at Vangaon railway station
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  12921 Flying Ranee - New AC Chair Car coach
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  12921 Flying Ranee at Mumbai Central