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{{short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
| name = '''Rajya Rani Express'''

| image_filename = Mysuru Bengaluru Rajyarani and Chamundi Express.jpg
| caption = Mysuru Bengaluru Rajyarani Express, first Rajya Rani Express in India
| franchise =
| nameforarea = Operation
| regions = State capital to important cities in the state
| secregions = Launched in 2011<ref name="rajyarani"/><ref name="timetable"/>
| fleet = 10
| stations =
| stationsop =
| parent_company = Indian Railways
| website =
|}}

'''Rajya Rani''' trains are a series of [[Express trains in India|express]] [[Passenger train|trains]] operated by [[Indian Railways]] to connect state capitals with other cities important for tourism, pilgrimage or business.

==History==
The word "Rajya" means "State"<ref>Tamilcube.com: [http://www.dictionary.tamilcube.com/sanskrit-dictionary.aspx?term=rajya rajya], ''Tamil Cube'', 9 September 2011.</ref> and the word "Rani" means Queen<ref>Tamilcube.com: [http://www.dictionary.tamilcube.com/sanskrit-dictionary.aspx?term=rani rani], ''Tamil Cube'', 10 March 2012.</ref> in [[Sanskrit]] and several [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]. The Rajya Rani trains were announced by the [[Minister of Railways (India)|railway minister]] in railway budget 2011.<ref>Headlines Today Bureau: [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/specials/budget/Story/130876/Business/railway-budget-2011-12-10-new-rajya-rani-express-trains-announced.html 10 new Rajya Rani Express trains announced.], ''Headlines Today Bureau'', 25 February 2011.</ref><ref>Equity Bulls: [http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=88260 Rajya Rani Express to Connect State Capitals With Important Cities of Those States.], ''Equity Bulls'', 25 February 2011.</ref> 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.<ref>Day in Pics, TOI: [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/new-section/Rajya-Rani-Express-inaugurated/articleshowpics/9075739.cms Rajya Rani Express inaugurated], ''[[Times of India]]'', 2 Jul 2011.</ref>

==Etymology==
The train was named after Maharani [[Gayatri Devi]], former princess of the state of [[Cooch Behar]], Maharani of [[Jaipur]].<ref>Jayanta Gupta, TNN: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120923132414/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-01/kolkata/29726037_1_weekly-train-tri-weekly-vivek-express Trains in honour of Gayatri Devi.], ''[[Times of India]]'', 1 July 2011.</ref> She was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women on the ''[[Vogue (magazine)|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".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-rajyarani-express-rechristened-as-tutari-express-2447535 | title='RajyaRani Express' rechristened as 'Tutari Express' | date=22 May 2017 | publisher=DNA | agency=PTI | access-date=17 July 2019 }}</ref>
<ref>http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2017PR933</ref>

==Active Services==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="width:55px; background:Yellow;"|S.No.
!style="width:85px; background:Yellow;"|Train No.
!style="width:120px; background:Yellow;"|Sector<ref name="rajyarani">{{cite web|title=Rajya Rani Express to Connect State Capitals With Important Cities of Those States|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=70179|work=[[Government of India]]|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|access-date=25 February 2011}}</ref>
!style="width:85px; background:Yellow;"|Distance (km)
!style="width:85px; background:Yellow;"|Date of introduction<ref name="timetable">{{cite web|title=New Time Table Comes into Effect from 1st July 2011|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=72959|work=[[Government of India]]|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1
|16557 / 16558
| [[Mysore-Bangalore Rajyarani express|Mysore - Bangalore]]
| 139
|1 July 2011
|-
| 2
|11003{{\}}11004
| [[Tutari Express|Dadar - Sawantwadi Road]]
| 497
|1 July 2011
|-
| 3
|22861 / 22862
| [[Shalimar - Adra Rajya Rani Express|Shalimar - Adra]]
| 283
| 1 Oct 2011
|-
| 4
|22161{{\}}22162
| [[Bhopal-Damoh Rajya Rani Express|Bhopal - Damoh]]
| 291
| 12 Nov 2011
|-
| 5
|16349 / 16350
| [[Kochuveli - Nilambur Road Rajya Rani Express|Thiruvananthapuram (Kochuveli) - Nilambur Road]]
| 443
| 16 Nov 2011
|-
| 6
|18117 / 18118
| [[Rourkela - Gunupur Rajya Rani Express|Rourkela - Gunupur]]
| 798
| 16 Nov 2011
|-
| 7
|15417 / 15418
| [[Alipurduar - Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express|Alipurduar - Silghat]]
| 460
| 14 Feb 2012
|-
| 8
| 22453 / 22454
| [[Meerut City Lucknow Rajya Rani Express|Meerut - Lucknow]]
| 459
| 11 March 2012
|-
| 9
| 17611 / 17612
| [[Hazur Sahib Nanded Mumbai CST Rajya Rani Express|Nanded - Mumbai CSMT]]
| 604
| 10 January 2020
|-
| 10
| 12567 / 12568
| [[Saharsa Patna Rajya Rani Express|Saharsa - Patna]]
| 214
| 18 March 2012
|}
</center>

==See also==

*[[Rajdhani Express]]
*[[Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Duronto Express]]
*
* [[Kavi Guru Express]]
*[[Vivek Express]]
*[[Yuva Express]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Rani Express}}
{{Indian Railways}}

[[Category:Rajya Rani Express trains|*]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 2011]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India|*]]

Rajya Rani Express - Revision history

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