Flying Ranee


The 12921/12922 Flying Ranee is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai Central and Surat 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.

Coaches

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

Flying Ranee was first introduced on 1 May 1937 as a weekend special. It ran between 1937 and 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War Two. 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.
It covers the distance of 263 kilometres in 4 hours 40 minutes as 12922 Flying Ranee and 4 hours 40 minutes as 12921 Flying Ranee.

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 05:30 AM IST every day and reaches Mumbai Central at 10:10 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: