Delhi to Lucknow train tickets
Short enough for a comfortable overnight or a long day journey, and busy enough that casual booking fails. One of the densest corridors on the network in terms of services and demand alike.
- Distance
- about 500 km
- Journey
- roughly 6–9 hours
- From
- New Delhi (NDLS)
- To
- Lucknow Charbagh (LKO)
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Who travels Delhi to Lucknow, and when
Heavy commuter-style business travel plus constant family movement across UP. Frequent services mean options, but each one fills quickly. Chair car and 3A dominate on the daytime services, Sleeper and 3A overnight.
When does booking open for your Delhi–Lucknow date?
Pick your travel date to see the morning booking opens.
Try the train first. We tell you on opening morning whether it's confirmed. If it isn't, there are still about two months to book a flight for the same date, and a day or two that far out rarely changes the fare much.
Count from the day the train leaves its starting station. A few short-distance trains open later than 60 days.
This is a corridor where boarding point matters more than usual. Many services pass through rather than originate, which puts intermediate-station passengers into PQWL — the pooled quota — and that clears poorly. Booking from an originating station in Delhi keeps you in GNWL and materially improves your odds.
Stations on this route
- Boarding in Delhi
- New Delhi (NDLS), Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT)
- Arriving in Lucknow
- Lucknow Charbagh (LKO), Lucknow Junction (LJN)
Want the Lucknow Shatabdi specifically?
Which Lucknow Shatabdi class actually confirms →Booking Delhi–Lucknow without getting caught out
- Charbagh and Lucknow Junction sit adjacent to one another, so either arrival works — but check which one your train actually uses.
- With this many services, date flexibility is less useful than train flexibility. A different train the same day usually solves it.
- Overnight services free up a working day at both ends, which is why they confirm hardest.
Why book Lucknow through us rather than an app
We read the quota
An app shows you a number. We tell you whether that number will actually clear on this route.
We work the Tatkal window
Agents at the terminal for 10:00 AC and 11:00 Sleeper, every day — not on request.
Confirmed or refunded
You approve the plan and pay. If we can't confirm you, you get 100% back.
Guides for this booking
What our customers say
“Waitlisted ticket got confirmed two days before travel. They actually followed up — rare these days.”
“Helpful agents, explained my PNR honestly instead of overpromising. Will use again.”
Delhi to Lucknow, answered
Why is my Lucknow waitlist not moving?+
Most often because it is a PQWL — a pooled quota waiting list, shared across several intermediate stations, with a small allocation that rarely clears. It is the single most misunderstood status on this corridor. Send us the PNR and we will tell you which list you are actually on.
Day train or overnight?+
Overnight if you need the working day at both ends, and it is the harder one to confirm for exactly that reason. Day services are more available at short notice and more comfortable in chair car than an unconfirmed sleeper berth.