Flying Ranee

*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, Non AC Seating LHB coach(2S)
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	Discontinued
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
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

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]

Coaches

Flying Ranee is presently operated with an LHB rake consisting of 2 reserved AC chair car coaches, 7 Reserved chair car coaches, 6 General Second class coaches, 1 General second class coaches earmarked for First class MST passholders, 1 General second class coach earmarked for Second class MST passholders, 1 General second class coach earmarked for ladies, 1 General second class earmarked for Second class MST ladies passholders, 1 End-on Generation coach & 1 Seating cum Luggage coach.

This train's rake previously used to include double decker non-AC coaches. These coaches were removed when the train was upgraded with an LHB rake in July 2023.^[3]

Service and History

Flying Ranee is a classic train that started in India in its Pre-Independence phase. This train started operating in the year 1906. But on 24 April 1914, it was discontinued. The Flying Ranee was restarted on 1 May 1937^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

It covers the distance of 263 kilometres in 4 hours 40 minutes as 12922 Flying Ranee (56.35 km/h) and 4 hours 40 minutes as 12921 Flying Ranee (55.37 km/h).^{[citation needed]}

Traction

The train is usually hauled by a Vadodara-based WAP-7 or WAP-5 locomotive.

Prior to the completion of the DC to AC electric conversion of the line on 5 February 2012, dual-traction WCAM-1 locomotive usually hauled the train between Mumbai and Surat.