Lucknow to get 170-km-long railway corridor

After the 100-km-long outer ring road, another mega infrastructure project is in the offing for the state capital. Sharma said: “The main objective of the ambitious project is to reduce the congestion of rail traffic in Lucknow region and ensure smooth operation. The construction work of this Corridor will be done under the rail boundaries on Lucknow-Kanpur section, Lucknow-Shahjahanpur-Moradabad section, Aishbagh-Daliganj-Sitapur City section, Lucknow-Barabanki-Gonda section, Lucknow-Barabanki-Ayodhya section, Lucknow-Sultanpur-Varanasi section and Lucknow-Raebareli-Varanasi section.” Senior divisional operations manager, Rajneesh Srivastava said, “The survey approval of this ambitious project has been received. To link all 7 city lines Kuldeep Tiwari, the senior divisional commercial manager of NR-Lucknow, said the city had seven main railway routes on which all passenger and freight trains operated, and the Corridor would connect all of them. About 90% of freight trains and 70-80% of passenger trains pass through Lucknow’s Aishbagh station.” Project Features • 170-km-long railway corridor to be built around Lucknow • All seven major routes to be connected by this orbital corridor • The corridor will be connected through “Y” connections and pass over major routes through Rail-on-Rail bridges.