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, the Lucknow junction does not have any metre gauge tracks. Now the terminus for the remaining metre gauge trains is Lucknow Aishbagh railway station (station code ASH)which 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, 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.

EMU-MEMU-DEMU Services from Lucknow Junction

See also

• Lucknow Charbagh railway station
• Aishbagh railway station

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