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
263km (163mi)
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
1,676mm (5ft6in)
Operating speed
110km/h (68mph) maximum, 56km/h (35mph) 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 (56.35km/hr) and 4 hours 40 minutes as 12921 Flying Ranee (55.37km/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.
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