Transport of Lucknow
| The available multiple modes of public transport in the city are taxis, city buses, cycle rickshaws, auto rickshaws, and Vikram-Tempos. The fares are affordable. Compressed natural gas (CNG) has been introduced recently as an auto fuel to keep the air pollution in control. Lucknow has good road, rail and air links with the rest of the country.The city bus service is run by Lucknow Mahanagar Parivahan Sewa a division of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC). |
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Road
From Hazratganj intersection in Lucknow city Four Indian National Highways originate, viz, NH-24 to Delhi, NH-25 to Raksa, Jhansi(M.P. Border), NH-56 to Varanasi and NH-28 to Mokama (Bihar).
There are two bus stations. The major bus terminus is Dr. Bhimrao Ambadkar bus station at alambagh.It has all modern facilities and is the main inter and intrastate terminal.Another important bus station is at quaiserbagh which is currently nonoperational due to renovation work.Earlier, another bus terminus operated at charbagh, directly in front of the main railway station, but has now been reestablished as a city bus depot.The move was taken to remove congestion in front of the railway station. Now inter-city travel in private cars is also becoming very common. |
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Railways
The main railway station is Lucknow Railway Station at Charbagh station code: LKO. It has an imposing structure built in 1923. The main terminal belongs to Northern Railway(NR) division of Indian Railways and the second terminal is run by the North Eastern Railway (NER). Lucknow is a major junction with links to all major cities of the state and country. Lucknow has a further thirteen railway stations viz. Alambagh, Malhaur, Utretia, Transport Nagar, Dilkhusha, Gomtinagar, Badshahnagar, Manak Nagar, Amausi, Aishbagh, Lucknow City, Daliganj and Mohibullapur. The first eight stations cater for broad gauge only whereas the others have meter gauge as well except for Mohibullahpur which has only meter gauge. All the stations are within city limits and are well connected with each other via road networks and public road transport.Other suburban stations include Bakshi Ka Talab and Kakori. The Barabanki-Lucknow-Kanpur track (101 km) is electrified. Its electrification was done in 2002-03 when Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Prime Minister of India and he was MP from Lucknow
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Air
Lucknow is directly connected by air with New Delhi, Patna, Kolkata, and Mumbai and other major Indian cities. The Amausi Airport at Amausi is located around 20 km from the city centre. It is an international airport and is the 13th online station for Air India. International destinations include Dubai, Jeddah, Muscat and Sharjah. Flights to London has already started on a daily basis and flights to Bangkok Singapore and Hong Kong may also commence soon. During Haj special flights are also operated from Lucknow. Oman Air and Cosmo Air are a few international airlines that are successfully operating direct international flights from Lucknow to international destinations & vice-versa. |
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