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The 12921/12922 Flying Ranee 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

Overview
Service type	Superfast
Locale	Maharashtra, Gujarat
First service	17 April 1937
Current operator(s)	Western Railways
Route
Termini	Mumbai Central (MMCT) Surat (ST)
Stops	12
Distance travelled	263 km (163 mi)
Average journey time	4 hours 40 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
Rolling stock	ICF Utkrisht Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum, 56 km/h (35 mph) average including halts

Coaches

Flying Ranee presently^[when?] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Service

Flying Raneeis a classic train that started in India in its Pre-Independence phase. This classic train started operating from the year 1906. But in the year 1914 on 24 April, it was discontinued. The Flying Ranee was restarted on 1 May 1937[3] as a weekend special. It ran between 1937 and 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II. 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).^{[citation needed]}

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 05:05 AM IST every day and reaches Mumbai Central at 09:45 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:

• Mumbai Central
• Andheri
• Borivali
• Palghar
• Dahanu Road
• Vapi
• Udvada
• Valsad
• Bilimora Junction
• Amalsad
• Navsari
• Maroli
• Sachin
• Udhna Junction
• Surat

Gallery

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

As per new timetable eefective December 2021 Flying Ranee will be given a halt at Udvada station both ways.

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