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.
 LHB Lucknow Mail behind WAP7 Locomotive | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Superfast |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Uttar Pradesh & Delhi |
| Current operator(s) | Northern Railways |
| Route | |
| Start | Charbagh Railway Station, Lucknow |
| Stops | 7 |
| End | New Delhi Railway Station, New Delhi |
| Distance travelled | 492 km |
| Average journey time | NDLS 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 arrangements | Available |
| Sleeping arrangements | Available |
| Technical | |
| Operating speed | 64 km/hour down, 70 km/hour up |
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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
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.
References
- "Train timings". Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.