This is India’s first double decker train; Its name is…, ran between …, not Duronto, Gatimaan Express, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Tejas Express
Wyatt Mason 
India’s first double decker train ran on December 18, 1979.
Double decker train: Indian Railways (IR) has been serving the country and its people for more than 100 years and it is ever evolving. Indian Railways is among the top 5 biggest railway networks in the world. It manages a very heavy railway traffic and millions of passengers daily. The Indian Railways manages more than 7,308 stations that cater to about 13,000 trains daily carrying upwards of 20 million passengers. The railway stations of the Indian Railways earn crores of rupees every year through various revenue sources like shops or advertisements and platform tickets.
Indian Railways is one of the biggest sources of revenue for the government, making it the backbone of the Indian economy.
Here, we will tell you about India’s first double decker train. The Flying Ranee Express became the first train to be attached with the double-decker coaches on December 18, 1979. The Flying Ranee operated between Surat and Mumbai Central covering 263 km in about 4 hours and 40 minutes.
The train had 10 Second Class double-decker coaches, each with a capacity of 148 passengers. Due to the changes in composition, the carrying capacity of the train increased by 29 percent.
The double decker service was discontinued in July 2023 and was replaced by the new single deck Flying Ranee with air-conditioned chair cars, second-class seating coaches, a ladies-only coach, and a season ticket holders coach for ladies in addition to the general coaches.
Flying Ranee is presently operated with an Linke-Hofmann-Busch (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.
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