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Gomti Nagar railway station

Gomti Nagar Railway Terminus (station code GTNR) is a railway station in Gomti Nagar in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The station is part of the North Eastern Railway zone's Lucknow NER Division and the Varanasi–Lucknow line via Ayodhya.

It is also part of the Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway and Lucknow–Gorakhpur line.

This station is an Adarsh category (NSG 3) in North Eastern Railway. This station is situated in eastern Lucknow.

Nearby stations include (BNZ), (LC) and (LKO).

Overview

Gomti Nagar Railway Station is a high-revenue station, serving over 50,000 passengers and over 76 Mail/Express trains on a daily basis. It is under the administrative control of the North Eastern Railway zone's Lucknow NER railway division.

Jaunpur Junction is well connected with many important cultural cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Jammu, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Guwahati, Raipur, Rameswaram, Haridwar, Tiruchirappalli, Indore, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi, Nagpur, Mathura, Vijayawada, Agra, Durg, Jamshedpur, Kharagpur, etc.

Its code is GTNR. It serves Gomti Nagar, Indira Nagar, Chinhat, Kamta etc. area of Lucknow city. The station consists of six platforms.

Gomti Nagar is one of the local stations in Lucknow and lies on Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway.

Redevelopment

The Gomti Nagar Railway Station is being redeveloped by the National Buildings Construction Corporation (India).

The redeveloped station is planned to be equipped with amenities such as segregation of arrival and departure, basement parking, CCTV surveillance, centrally air-conditioned common spaces, an integrated building management system, treated water for horticulture use, and more.

The redevelopment would be in two phases.

  1. In the first phase mandatory station development comprising station buildings, air concourse, food courts, renovation of platforms and utilities.
  2. In the second phase commercial development, including retail, basement parking and external development would be undertaken.

Currently the station is partially opened as the volume of passengers increased but the commercial towers are still under construction.

According to the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), the station is scheduled to complete it's redevelopment by 2026.

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