Flying Ranee
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| 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. Between 1906 & 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War two, it had been discontinued & restarted several times. It finally resumed operations on 1 November 1950 and has been running ever since. Presently it is a daily service.[1]
It covers the distance of 263 kilometres in 4 hours 40 mins as 12922 Flying Ranee (56.35 km/hr) & 4 hours 45 mins as 12921 Flying Ranee (55.37 km/hr)
Traction
Dual traction WCAM 1 locos would usually haul the train between Mumbai & Surat. Western Railways completed DC Electric Conversion to AC on 5 February 2012. It is now regularly hauled by a Vadodara based WAP 4 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.
| Station Code | Station Name | Distance from Source in km |
Day | Distance from Source in km |
Day | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | ||||||
| ST | Surat | Source | 05:25 | 0 | 1 | 22:35 | Destination | 263 | 1 |
| UDN | Udhna | 05:31 | 05:33 | 5 | 1 | 22:13 | 22:15 | 259 | 1 |
| SCH | Sachin | 05:41 | 05:43 | 15 | 1 | 21:59 | 22:01 | 248 | 1 |
| MRL | Maroli | 05:48 | 05:50 | 22 | 1 | 21:50 | 21:52 | 242 | 1 |
| NVS | Navsari | 05:58 | 06:00 | 30 | 1 | 21:40 | 21:42 | 233 | 1 |
| AML | Amalsad | 06:12 | 06:14 | 46 | 1 | 21:26 | 21:28 | 218 | 1 |
| BIM | Bilimora Junction | 06:19 | 06:21 | 51 | 1 | 21:18 | 21:20 | 212 | 1 |
| BL | Valsad | 06:41 | 06:43 | 69 | 1 | 21:02 | 21:04 | 194 | 1 |
| VAPI | Vapi | 07:02 | 07:04 | 93 | 1 | 20:30 | 20:32 | 170 | 1 |
| DRD | Dahanu Road | 07:43 | 07:45 | 143 | 1 | 19:56 | 19:58 | 120 | 1 |
| PLG | Palghar | 08:10 | 08:12 | 176 | 1 | 19:26 | 19:28 | 87 | 1 |
| BVI | Borivali | 09:14 | 09:16 | 233 | 1 | 18:34 | 18:36 | 30 | 1 |
| ADH | Andheri | 09:31 | 09:33 | 245 | 1 | 18:17 | 18:19 | 18 | 1 |
| BCT | Mumbai Central | 10:10 | Destination | 263 | 1 | Source | 17:55 | 0 | 1 |
Gallery
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Mumbai Central stationboard -
Flying Ranee Double Decker -
Flying Ranee Chair Car -
Surat Stationboard -
Flying Ranee at Vangaon railway station
References
- ^ "Famous Trains". Indian Railways Fan Club. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Flying Ranee - 12921". Retrieved 3 Sep 2012.
- ^ "Flying Rani Express 12921". Retrieved 18 Oct 2012.