Lucknow Junction railway station

Lucknow Junction
लखनऊ जंक्शन
Indian Railway Station
Location Charbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
Coordinates 26°49′55″N 80°55′08″E / 26.832°N 80.919°E / 26.832; 80.919Coordinates: 26°49′55″N 80°55′08″E / 26.832°N 80.919°E / 26.832; 80.919
Elevation 126 metres (413 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway
Lucknow-New Delhi Main Line
Lucknow-Gorakhpur Line
Platforms 6
Tracks 8
Connections Central Bus Station, Taxi Stand, Auto Stand
Construction
Structure type Standard on-ground station
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Available
Disabled access
Other information
Station code LJN
Fare zone North Eastern Railway zone
History
Opened 1914 (1914)
Electrified Yes
Previous names Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway / East Indian Railway Company
Traffic
Passengers 1,50,000+
Services

Waiting Room, Dormitory and Retiring Rooms, Baggage Room, ATM, Refreshment, Wi-Fi

Lucknow Junction railway station (official name Lucknow NER, station code LJN) is one of the two main railway stations of Lucknow city for broad gauge trains. The adjacent and almost contiguous railway station to Lucknow Charbagh railway station officially known as Lucknow Junction or Lucknow Jn NER (station code LJN), is unofficially considered a part of Charbagh railway stations.. It is situated at Charbagh in the south of the city, hence the popular name. The words 'Char Bagh' refer to the four gardens which existed here earlier.[1] Lucknow Junction (LJN) is well connected with all important cities like Banglore, Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu Tawi, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Pune, Jaipur and Bhopal.Lucknow JN or LJN station has six platforms. The platform no.6 is accessible to the two wheelers, auto rikshaws and cars through an underpass cabway. This cabway is third cabway of Indian Railway after Howrah and Gorakhpur railway stations.

As of 1 May 2016, more than 160 express trains (or 23 pairs of Mail/Express trains), 28 Superfast Trains, 1 pair of Shatabdi, 3 pairs of Garib Rath express and 18 slow passenger trains started from, terminated at or passed through LJN station.[2]

Earlier Lucknow junction was the terminus for metre gauge trains as almost all tracks of North Eastern Railway zone were metre gauge. With the conversion of most of these tracks to 1676 mm broad gauge under project Unigauge, the Lucknow junction does not have any metre gauge tracks. Now the terminus for the remaining metre gauge trains is Lucknow Aishbagh junction (station code ASH). Lucknow Aishbagh junction also has broad gauge tracks.

Background

Colloquially, it is known as "Chhoti Line", historically it harboured NE Railways' Meter Gauge trains of erstwhile Izzatnagar Division, now falls under Lucknow Division of NE Railway. It has recently taken over Rajya Rani Express and the prestigious train of Lucknow NR Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express. Earlier Lucknow junction was the terminus for metre gauge trains as almost all tracks of North Eastern Railway zone were metre gauge. With the conversion of most of these tracks to 1676 mm broad gauge under project Unigauge, the Lucknow junction does not have any metre gauge tracks. Now the terminus for the remaining metre gauge trains is Lucknow Aishbagh junction (station code ASH). Lucknow Aishbagh junction also has broad gauge tracks.

Services traffic

About 160 express trains (or 23 pairs of Mail/Express trains), 28 Superfast Trains, 1 pair of Shatabdi, 3 pairs of Garib Rath express and 18 passenger trains starting, terminated at or passing through LJN station.[2]

Trains from Lucknow Junction NE (LJN)


About 100 fast trains start from, terminate at or pass through LJN station. Some of the trains departing or arriving at Lucknow NER railway station (LJN) are listed below.

Train No. Train Name Arrival Destination
12003 Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Starting Station New Delhi
12583 Lucknow-Anand Vihar Double Decker Express Starting Station Anand Vihar
12210 Kathgodam Kanpur Central Garib Rath Express - Kanpur
13019 Bagh Express - Kathgodam
12104 Lucknow Junction-Pune Superfast Starting Station Pune
12533 Pushpak Express Starting Station Mumbai
15015 Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express - Bangalore
12554 Vaishali Express - Barauni
12521 Raptisagar Express - Ernakulam
15045 Gorakhpur-Okha Express - Okha
12108 Lucknow-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express Starting Station Bombay
09014 Lucknow-Bandra Terminus Special Starting Station Mumbai
19716 Lucknow-Jaipur Tri-Weekly Starting Station Jaipur
12535 Lucknow Raipur Garib Rath Express Starting Station Raipur
15204 Lucknow-Barauni Express Starting Station Barauni
16094 Gomti Sagar Express Starting Station Chennai
15009 Chitrakoot Express Starting Station Jabalpur
12593 Lucknow Bhopal Garibrath Express Starting Station Bhopal
15008 Krishak Express Starting Station Varanasi

EMU-MEMU-DEMU Services from Lucknow Junction

STATION SERVICE
LJN-BARABANKI MEMU
LJN-KANPUR MEMU
LJN-Sitapur MEMU (proposed)
LJN-GONDA DEMU(proposed)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historical Places in Lucknow
  2. 1 2 "LJN/Lucknow Junction NER (6 PFs)". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
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