Updated On: 16 July, 2023 10:22 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Jardosh flagged off the train and also travelled aboard from Mumbai Central station to Surat, over 200 km away

On December 18, 1979, the Flying Ranee became the first train in the history of the Indian Railways to be hitched with the double-decker coaches (Pic/Central Railway)
Over 43 years after it became the first train in the history of the Indian Railways to be hitched with double-decker coaches, a new-look Flying Ranee was on Sunday flagged off from Mumbai to Surat.
Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Jardosh flagged off the train and also travelled aboard from Mumbai Central station to Surat, over 200 km away.