Parliament Question: Stoppage of Lucknow Mail at Balamau Junction

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026 STOPPAGE OF LUCKNOW MAIL AT BALAMAU JUNCTION †5396. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to restore stoppage of Lucknow Mail (Train No.-12229 and12230) at Balamau Junction keeping in view the hardships being faced by devotees in commuting to and from the said city; and

(b) if so, the details and timeline thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) and (b) Balamau station is presently served by 34 train services providing direct connectivity to destinations like Delhi, Lucknow, Jammu Tawi, Kolkata, Prayagraj, Varanasi etc. The list of trains serving Balamau is

as under:- SN Train no. & name 1 12469 Kanpur Central-Jammu Tawi Express 2 12470 Jammu Tawi-Kanpur Central Express 3 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Express 4 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Express 5 13009 Howrah-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express 6 13010 Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Howrah Express 7 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express 8 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Express 9 13307 Dhanbad-Firozpur Cantt Express 10 13308 Firozpur Cantt-Dhanbad Express 11 14235 Varanasi-Bareilly Express 12 14236 Bareilly-Varanasi Express 13 14241 Prayagraj Sangam-Saharanpur Express Page 1 of 3 §14 14242 Saharanpur-Prayagraj Sangam Express 15 15119 Banaras-Dehradun Express 16 15120 Dehradun-Banaras Express 17 15127 Banaras-New Delhi Express 18 15128 New Delhi-Banaras Express 19 15909 Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express 20 15910 Lalgarh-Dibrugarh Express 21 22453 Lucknow-Meerut City Express 22 22454 Meerut City-Lucknow Express 23 54321 Balamau-Sitapur Passenger 24 54322 Sitapur-Balamau Passenger 25 54325 Sitapur City-Kanpur Central Passenger 26 54326 Kanpur Central-Sitapur City Passenger 27 54329 Balamau-Shahjahanpur Passenger 28 54330 Shahjahanpur-Balamau Passenger 29 54331 Lucknow-Balamau Passenger 30 54332 Balamau-Lucknow Passenger 31 54335 Balamau-Kanpur Central Passenger 32 54336 Kanpur Central-Balamau Passenger 33 54337 Lucknow-Shahjahanpur Passenger 34 54338 Shahjahanpur-Lucknow Passenger The above includes 02 pairs of daily trains catering to the needs of the Balamau-Delhi sector while 12 pairs of trains are catering the Balamau- Lucknow sector. These are listed below:- Trains serving Balamau-Delhi sector SN Train no. & name 1 15909/15910 Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express 2 15127/15128 Banaras-New Delhi Express Trains serving Balamau-Lucknow sector SN Train no. & name 1 13005/13006 Howrah-Amritsar Express 2 13009/13010 Howrah-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express 3 13151/13152 Kolkata -Jammu Tawi Express 4 13307/13308 Dhanbad-Firozpur Cantt Express 5 14235/14236 Varanasi-Bareilly Express 6 14241/14242 Prayagraj Sangam-Saharanpur Express Page 2 of 37 15119/15120 Banaras-Dehradun Express 8 15127/15128 Banaras-New Delhi Express 9 15909/15910 Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express 10 22453/22454 Lucknow-Meerut City Express 11 54331/54332 Lucknow-Balamau Passenger 12 54337/54338 Lucknow-Shahjahanpur Passenger Besides, provision of stoppages of train services, which is an on-going process, depends on the traffic justification, operational feasibility including availability of extra time on the section & availability of matching infrastructure such as Platform length etc.

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