Lucknow Junction railway station

Lucknow Junction is a railway station in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated right next to Lucknow Charbagh railway station.
The station is part of the North Eastern Railway zone's Lucknow NER Division and the Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway line.
It is also part of the Lucknow-Barabanki Suburban Railway, Lucknow-Moradabad line and Lucknow-Sitapur line.
This station is a category in North Eastern Railway. This station is situated in southern central part of Lucknow.
Nearby stations include and .

Overview

Lucknow Junction is a high-revenue station, serving over 50,000 passengers and over 27 mail/express and 4 passenger trains on a daily basis. It is under the administrative control of the North Eastern Railway zone's Lucknow NER railway division.
Lucknow Junction is well connected with many important cultural cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Agra, Jaipur, Bhopal, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Chandigarh, Pune, Bareilly, Haridwar, Meerut, Jammu, Jaisalmer, Chhapra, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Kanpur, Prayagraj, and Jabalpur.

Modernization

Lucknow Junction, as part of the wider Charbagh complex, is undergoing significant modernization under the Indian Railways' ambitious Amrit Bharat Station Scheme and a specific ₹420 crore redevelopment project led by the Rail Land Development Authority.
This includes the development of a major seven-story commercial building, known as DGS Town Square, at the rear of the station. This will include premium retail, dining zones, lounges, offices, dormitories, and other passenger amenities, creating a self-sustaining commercial ecosystem.
The target date for the overall project completion is May 2026.