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Lakhimpur Kheri Station
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
Lakhimpur Kheri district has got the gift of a new passenger train. It will run between Sitapur to Mailani, while the timings of two other passenger trains operating on this route have been changed. The new train will run from February 4 and the changed timings will also be effective from the same day. With the running of the new train, there will now be three passenger trains on this route. After the time change, a passenger train will run on the timings of Century Express running on meter gauge. At this time there was a demand for train operation for a long time. Now passengers will be able to travel cheap and convenient till Lucknow at low fares.
Aishbagh Mailani section has been electrified with broad gauge. Due to the limited number of trains, the hope of getting cheap and convenient travel to the residents of the district remained unfulfilled. Apart from running a new passenger train on Tuesday night, the Railways has issued a notification to change the timings of two other passenger trains.
This will be the time for new passenger train
The new passenger train will be available for Sitapur in the afternoon and for Mailani at 7.45 pm. The passenger train coming to Lakhimpur at 7.34 am will arrive at Lakhimpur at 6.14 am from February 4 and the passenger train from Lucknow to Mailani will arrive at Lakhimpur at 9.39 pm instead of 4.45 am. There is no change in the timing of Gomti Express. These trains will operate from Daliganj to Lucknow Junction.
