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Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service operated by
Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service operated by Northern Railways
The Northern Railway (NR) is one of the 17 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi.
History
Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, ...
, North Central Railway
The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. The largest railway station in NCR is Prayagraj Junction & Kanpur Central as busiest. It is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises three divisions: Praya ...
and North Eastern Railway to connect Lucknow
Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...
with Barabanki
Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district and a part of Ayodhya division. The city is about 30 km east of Lu ...
. These services are mostly run using EMU
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and MEMU
In Indian Railways, a MEMU is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train that serves short and medium-distance routes in India, as compared to normal EMU trains that connect urban and suburban areas. The acronym stands for Mainline Electric Multiple ...
rakes. However it does not have dedicated suburban tracks but share the tracks with long distance trains. Locally it is called BL meaning Barabanki Lucknow (while LC means Lucknow Cawnpore).
Distance and time
*Distance between Lucknow (LKO) and Barabanki Jn (BBK) is 28–29 km (NR route). *Distance between Lucknow Jn (LJN) and Barabanki Jn (BBK) is 36–37 km (NER route). *Most of the LSB trains cover the whole journey within 50 minutes via NR route (28–29 km) (NR route). *Most of the LGB trains cover the whole journey within 1 hour 30 minutes via NER route (36–37 km) (NER route). *Intercity and other Superfast trains take 40 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes. (Amrapali Express
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takes exactly 40 minutes for whole journey while Ganga Sutlej Express
The 13307 /13308 Ganga Sutlej Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between and in India. It is also known as Kisan Express.
Background
It is named after two Indian Rivers; Ganga (which flows in the holy city of ...
takes exactly 1 hour 10 minutes.)
MEMU/EMU and passenger trains
Barabanki to Lucknow
NR route
NER route
Lucknow to Barabanki
NR route
NER route
See also
*Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway
Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway System is a commuter rail service operated by Northern Railways, North Central Railway and North Eastern Railway to connect administrative capital Lucknow with the economic and industrial capital Kanpur of ...
* Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway
* Barabanki Junction
*Lucknow Charbagh railway station
Lucknow Charbagh (officially Lucknow NR, station code: LKO) is the largest and busiest railway station of Lucknow city. In 19th century, the next important station in the north after Delhi was Lucknow. It was the headquarters of the Oudh and R ...
*Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barabanki - Lucknow Suburban Railway Transport in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh Transport in Lucknow Suburban rail in India Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh