Lucknow Mail
{{Short description|Daily Superfast train between New Delhi and Lucknow NR}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Lucknow Mail
लखनऊ मेल
| image = File:12229 Lucknow Mail standing on Platform 16 in New Delhi, India.jpg
| caption = 12229 Lucknow Mail on Platform 16 in New Delhi.
| type = Superfast Mail
| status = Operating
| locale = Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
| operator = Northern Railways
| start = Lucknow Junction (LJN), Lucknow
| stops = 7
| end = New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), New Delhi
| distance = 491 km
| journeytime = NDLS TO LJN - 8 hrs 50 mins & LJN TO NDLS - 8 hrs 55 mins
| trainnumber = 12230 DN / 12229 UP
| class = Sleeper, General, First AC, Second AC, Third AC
| seating = Available
| sleeping = Available
| stock = LHB coach
| speed = 56 km/hour DN, 55 km/hour UP
}}
File:Lucknow Mail (Lucknow - New Delhi) AC Express route map.png
The 12229 / 12230 Lucknow S. F Mail is an Daily Mail train of Superfast Express category of Indian Railways running between Lucknow and New Delhi on a daily basis. It is numbered 12229 when starting from Lucknow and terminating at New Delhi, 12230 from New Delhi to Lucknow. It has received an ISO 9000 certification after Bhopal Express. Lucknow Mail is the first LHB train of Indian Railways running permanently with 24 coaches (22 coaches+2 EOG).
Lucknow Mail along with Shram Shakti Express, Prayagraj Express, Shiv Ganga Express and Shaan-e-Bhopal Express enjoys highest priority all over the route.
File:Lucknow Mail Destination Board3.jpg
File:12229 Lucknow Mail on Platform 16 in New Delhi railway station.jpg
From the past
Lucknow Mail originally had 29 Up and 30 Down numbers before rationalisation of number schemes. With the new rationalisation scheme the train was assigned with service numbers 4229 from Lucknow and 4230 from New Delhi. In the 2005–06 railway Budget, it was elevated to superfast category without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. During the tenure of Mamata Banerjee as Railway Minister a new five digit numbering scheme was introduced and present numbers 12229 and 12230 were assigned to Lucknow Mail.
Journey
The down train (#12230) departs New Delhi at 22:00 usually from Platform 16 and reaches Lucknow at 06:40 the following morning. The up train (#12229) departs Lucknow at 22:00 usually from Platform 1 and reaches New Delhi at 06:55 the following morning. The train boarding station was changed on 15/11/2018 from Lucknow Charbagh to Lucknow Junction Now on 15/08/2024 the boarding station is changed back to Lucknow Charbagh.{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/mail_express_trn_list.html
|title=Train timings
|accessdate=2007-04-05
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406024328/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/mail_express_trn_list.html
|archivedate=2007-04-06
}} The Time table is as follows:
12229 Lucknow Junction railway station to New Delhi
| class="wikitable" | |
| style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station Code | style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station Name |
|---|---|
| valign="top" | LJN
| valign="top" | {{rws|Lucknow Junction}} | |
| valign="top" | HRI
| valign="top" | {{rws|Hardoi}} | |
| valign="top" | SPN
| valign="top" | {{rws|Shahjahanpur}} | |
| valign="top" | BE
| valign="top" | {{rws|Bareilly}} | |
| valign="top" | RMU
| valign="top" | {{rws|Rampur Junction}} | |
| valign="top" | MB
| valign="top" | {{rws|Moradabad}} | |
| valign="top" | HPU
| valign="top" | {{rws|Hapur Junction}} | |
| valign="top" | GZB
| valign="top" | {{rws|Ghaziabad Junction}} | |
| valign="top" | NDLS
| valign="top" | {{rws|New Delhi}} |
12230 New Delhi to Lucknow Junction railway station is the reverse.
Coaches
Coach Composition are as follows:
- 12229 LJN NDLS Loco-EOG-UR-UR-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-M1-M2-B1-B2-B3-B4-H1-A1-A2-A3-A4-EOG
- 12230 NDLS LJN Loco-EOG-A4-A3-A2-A1-H1-B4-B3-B2-B1-M2-M1-S7-S6-S5-S4-S3-S2-S1-UR-UR-EOG
Loco in-charge for this train is WAP-7,WAP 5 from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (GZB) shed.
See also
References
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{{Railways in Northern India}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucknow Charbagh - New Delhi Mail}}
Category:Rail transport in Delhi