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Rajya Rani Express

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.

History
The word "Rajya" means "State" and the word "Rani" means Queen in Sanskrit and several Indian languages. The Rajya Rani trains were announced by the railway minister in railway budget 2011. 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. == Etymology ==
Etymology
The train was named after Maharani Gayatri Devi, former princess of the state of Cooch Behar, Maharani of Jaipur. 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". == Traction And Coach Rakes ==
Traction And Coach Rakes
All Rajya Rani Express trains today still runs with both ICF coaches or LHB coaches and they hauled by both diesel and electrified locomotives • diesel locomotive like WDM-3A , WDM-3D and WDP-4D or WDP-4 (only ICF rakes) • electric locomotive like WAP-4 and WAP-7 (both LHB and ICF rakes) == Active services ==
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