Flying Ranee

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 and 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War Two, 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

• Flying Ranee Double Decker.jpg

  Flying Ranee Double Decker

• Flying Ranee Chair Car.jpg

  Flying Ranee Chair Car

• Flying Ranee at Vangaon railway station.jpg

  Flying Ranee at Vangaon railway station

• 12921 Flying Ranee - New AC Chair Car coach.jpg

  12921 Flying Ranee - New AC Chair Car coach

• 12921 Flying Ranee at Mumbai Central.jpg

  12921 Flying Ranee at Mumbai Central