 Mysuru Bengaluru Rajyarani Express, first Rajya Rani Express in India | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Main Operating(s) | State capital to important cities in the state |
| Other Operating(s) | Launched in 2011 (Between Bangalore and Mysore) [1] [2] |
| Fleet size | 10 |
| Parent company | Indian Railways |
| Dates of operation | 1 July 2011– |
Rajya Rani trains are a series of express trains operated by Indian Railways to connect state capitals with other cities important for tourism, pilgrimage or business.
The word "Rajya" means "State" [3] and the word "Rani" means Queen [4] in Sanskrit and several Indian languages. The Rajya Rani trains were announced by the railway minister in railway budget 2011. [5] [6] The first Rajya Rani train was started between Mysore and Bangalore by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and was flagged off on 1 July 2011 by K. H. Muniyappa, Minister of State for Railways. [7]
The train was named after Maharani Gayatri Devi, former princess of the state of Cooch Behar, Maharani of Jaipur. [8] She was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women on the Vogue list. She shares space with the likes of Rabindranath Tagore (Kavi Guru Express) and Swami Vivekananda (Vivek Express) as the railways has named a series of trains as Rajya Rani Expresses to honour the late Rajmata of Jaipur.
On 22 May 2017, the Dadar-Sawantwadi Rajya Rani Express was named as "Tutari Express" to mark the centenary of Keshavasuta's famed poem titled "Tutari". [9] [10]
| S.No. | Train No. | Sector [1] | Distance (km) | Date of introduction [2] |
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| 1 | 20659 / 20660 [11] [12] | Mysore – Bangalore | 139 | 1 July 2011 |
| 2 | 11003 /11004 [13] [14] | Dadar – Sawantwadi Road | 497 | 1 July 2011 |
| 3 | | 283 | 1 Oct 2011 | |
| 4 | 22161 /22162 [17] [18] | Bhopal – Damoh | 291 | 12 Nov 2011 |
| 5 | 16349 / 16350 [19] [20] | Thiruvananthapuram (Kochuveli) – Nilambur Road | 443 | 16 Nov 2011 |
| 6 | 18117 / 18118 [21] [22] | Rourkela – Gunupur | 798 | 16 Nov 2011 (Started between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. Later extended to Gugupur on 20 March 2017) [23] |
| 7 | 15417 / 15418 [24] [25] | Alipurduar – Silghat | 460 | 14 Feb 2012 (Started between Dhubri and Silghat. Later extended to Gugupur on 1 October 2016) [26] |
| 8 | 22453 / 22454 [27] [28] | Meerut – Lucknow | 459 | 11 March 2012 |
| 9 | 17611 / 17612 [29] [30] | Nanded – Mumbai CSMT | 604 | 11 March 2012 (Started between Manmad and Mumbai CST. Later extended to Nanded on 10 January 2020) [31] |
| 10 | 12567 / 12568 [32] [33] | Saharsa – Patna | 214 | 18 March 2012 |
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