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Varanasi-Rae Bareli-Lucknow line

Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line
Varanasi-Lucknow Chord line
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Gangetic Plain in Uttar Pradesh
Termini Varanasi
Lucknow
Operation
Opened 1898
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) Northern Railway for main line
Depot(s) Lucknow Alambagh
Technical
Track length 301 km (187 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification Diesel operated – not electrified
Highest elevation Varanasi 82 m (269 ft)
Lucknow 123 m (404 ft)