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Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway

Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Uttar Pradesh
Termini Lucknow Charbagh
Kanpur Central
Operation
Opened 1867
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) Northern Railway
North Central Railway
North Eastern Railway
Technical
Line length 72 km (45 mi)
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge
Electrification 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary

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).

NOTE

The Northern Railway has planned to roll out its bullet trains or Shinkansen (as trains are called in Japanese parlance) on Lucknow-Kanpur route.

This government focuses on connecting Lucknow and Kanpur with a high-speed metro rail network and develop an industrial corridor between the two cities.


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