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TATA Steel Express - Second Sitting sasta bhi, sabse achha bhi - Ravi Raj

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Blog Entry# 3367720
Posted: May 01 2018 (16:21)

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May 01 2018 (16:21)   12921/Flying Ranee | MMCT/Mumbai Central (5 PFs)
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Entry# 3367720            Tags   Past Edits
First introduced in 1906, Flying Ranee Express has always been a very popular train of WR. It rested during 1st World War, restarted on 1st May, 1937, shut again & now running continuously from 1950.
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Too many errors in the article!
Firstly, Bombay Central station was not constructed until 1930. In 1906, BB&CIR's (predecessor of present day Western Railway) main station in Bombay was the Colaba terminus. There was only a small passing station near the location of the present day BCT station (called Bellasis road). And there definitely was no train with the name 'Fyling Ranee' introduced in 1906.
Secondly, the first run was not on May 1st. The 'Flying Ranee' was started as a weekend special train between
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Bombay and Surat on April 17th, 1937. The train used to depart from Bombay on Saturday Afternoon and return back on Monday morning. The train however, proved so successful that from May 24th, 1937, it was converted into a daily train.

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