Lucknow Mail

The Lucknow Mail is an Indian Railways train running between Lucknow and New Delhi on a daily basis. It is numbered 12229 when starting from Lucknow and terminating at New Delhi, 12230 between New Delhi and Lucknow. It has received an ISO 9000 certification after Bhopal Express. Lucknow Mail is the first LHB train of Indian Railways running with 24 coaches (22 coaches+2 EOG) on permanent basis. VVIP Shram Shakti Express, King of NCR Prayagraj Express and Shiv Ganga Express are Top most high priority VVIP Superfast trains of NCR and Uttar Pradesh. And Lucknow Mail is also VVIP Superfast of Uttar Pradesh but for NR.

Lucknow Mail Destination Board

Lucknow Mail
लखनऊ मेल
LHB Lucknow Mail behind WAP7 Locomotive
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
StatusOperating
LocaleUttar Pradesh & Delhi
Current operator(s)Northern Railways
Route
StartCharbagh Railway Station, Lucknow
Stops7
EndNew Delhi Railway Station, New Delhi
Distance travelled492 km
Average journey timeNDLS TO LKO - 8 hrs 40 mins & LKO TO NDLS - 9 hrs
Train number(s)12230 down / 12229 up
On-board services
Class(es)Sleeper, General, First AC, Second AC, Third AC
Seating arrangementsAvailable
Sleeping arrangementsAvailable
Technical
Operating speed64 km/hour down, 70 km/hour up
Lucknow Mail (Lucknow - New Delhi) route map

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 22:05 usually from Platform 16 and reaches Lucknow at 06:45 the following morning. The up train (#12229) departs Lucknow at 22:00 usually from Platform 1 and reaches New Delhi at 06:45 the following morning. The train boarding station was changed on 15/11/2018 from Lucknow Charbagh to Lucknow junction.[1] The Time table is as follows:

12229 Lucknow Junction railway station to New Delhi

Station Code Station Name
LJN Lucknow Junction railway station
HRI Hardoi
SPN Shahjahanpur Junction
BE Bareilly railway station
RMU Rampur Junction
MB Moradabad railway station
HPU Hapur Junction
GZB Ghaziabad railway station
NDLS New Delhi railway station

12230 New Delhi to Lucknow Junction railway station

LHB AC Coach of Lucknow Mail

Coaches

Coach Composition are as follows-

12229 LKO NDLS Loco-EOG-GEN-GEN-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-S9-B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-A1-A2-A3-A4-HA1-H1-EOG

12230 NDLS LKO Loco-EOG-H1-HA1-A4-A3-A2-A1-B5-B4-B3-B2-B1-S9-S8-S7-S6-S5-S4-S3-S2-S1-GEN-GEN-EOG

Loco in-charge for this train is WAP-7,WAP-4, WAP 5 from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (GZB) shed.

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See also

References
  1. "Train timings". Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
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