Status Operational Line length 72 km (45 mi) Locale Uttar Pradesh | Opened 1867 Owner Indian Railways | |
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge Electrification 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary Terminis Kanpur Central railway station, Lucknow Charbagh railway station Operators Northern Railway zone, North Central Railway zone, North Eastern Railway zone | ||
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 the state Uttar Pradesh. These services are mostly run using EMU and MEMU rakes. However it does not have dedicated suburban tracks but share the tracks with long distance trains. It is fondly called LC meaning Lucknow Cawnpore (old name of Kanpur).
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Kanpur to Lucknow
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Bullet Train Proposal
The Northern Railway has planned to roll out its bullet trains or Shinkansen (as trains are called in Japanese parlance) on Lucknow-Kanpur route.
High Speed Metro Proposal
This government focuses on connecting Lucknow and Kanpur with a high-speed metro rail network and develop an industrial corridor between the two cities.