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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox rail service
|name = Lucknow Mail<br/>लखनऊ मेल<br/>
|image = Lucknow Mail.jpg
|caption = LHB Lucknow Mail behind WAP7 Locomotive
| type = [[Mail trains in India|Mail]]
| status = Operating
| locale = [[Uttar Pradesh]] & [[Delhi]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway Zone|Northern Railways]]
|start = [[Lucknow Junction railway station|Lucknow Junction]] '''(LJN)''', [[Lucknow]]
|booking classes = AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, Sleeper and General
|stops = 7
|end = [[New Delhi Railway Station]] '''(NDLS)''', [[New Delhi]]
|distance = 492 km
|journeytime = NDLS TO LKO - 8 hrs 40 mins & LKO TO NDLS - 9 hrs
|trainnumber = 12230 down / 12229 up
| class = Sleeper, General, First AC, Second AC, Third AC
| seating = Available
| sleeping = Available
|speed = 64 km/hour down, 70 km/hour up
}}
[[File:Lucknow Mail (Lucknow - New Delhi) AC Express route map.png|thumb|Lucknow Mail (Lucknow - New Delhi) route map]]
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. Lucknow Mail also has the maximum number of AC coaches for a non fully-AC train (11 AC Coaches) in India.

Lucknow Mail along with [[Shram Shakti Express]], [[Prayagraj Express]], [[Shiv Ganga Express]] enjoys highest priority all over the route
[[File:Lucknow Mail Destination Board3.jpg|thumb|Lucknow Mail Destination Board]]

==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 [[Minister of Railways (India)|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.<ref name=about_train>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/mail_express_trn_list.html
|title=Train timings
|accessdate=2007-04-05
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406024328/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/mail_express_trn_list.html
|archivedate=2007-04-06
}}</ref> The Time table is as follows:

'''12229 [[Lucknow Junction railway station]] to [[New Delhi Railway Station|New Delhi]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station Code
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station Name
|-
| valign="top" | LJN
| valign="top" | {{rws|Lucknow Junction}}
|-
| valign="top" | HRI
| valign="top" | {{rws|Hardoi}}
|-
| valign="top" | SPN
| valign="top" | {{rws|Shahjahanpur}}
|-
| valign="top" | BE
| valign="top" | {{rws|Bareilly}}
|-
| valign="top" | RMU
| valign="top" | {{rws|Rampur Junction}}
|-
| valign="top" | MB
| valign="top" | {{rws|Moradabad}}
|-
| valign="top" | HPU
| valign="top" | {{rws|Hapur Junction}}
|-
| valign="top" | GZB
| valign="top" | {{rws|Ghaziabad Junction}}
|-
| valign="top" | NDLS
| valign="top" | {{rws|New Delhi}}
|}

'''12230 [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] to [[Lucknow Junction railway station]]

[[File:LHB coach of Lucknow Mail.jpg|thumb|LHB AC Coach of Lucknow Mail]]

==Coaches==
[[Passenger car (rail)|Coach]] Composition are as follows-

12229 LKO NDLS Loco-EOG-GEN-GEN-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-M1-M2-B1-B2-B3-B4-A1-A2-A3-A4-HA1-H1-EOG

12230 NDLS LKO Loco-EOG-H1-HA1-A4-A3-A2-A1-B4-B3-B2-B1-M2-M1-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.

==See also==

* [[New Delhi railway station]]
* [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Railways in Northern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucknow Charbagh - New Delhi Mail}}
[[Category:Transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Passenger trains originating from Lucknow]]
[[Category:Mail trains in India]]

Lucknow Mail - Revision history

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