The Charbagh Railway Station (Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

: चारबाग़ रेलवे स्टेशन, Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

: چارباغ ریلوے سٹیشن) is the main railway station of Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, situated in the south of the city. Its station code is LKO. Charbagh Railway Station was built in 1914 and incorporates the nest of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

i and Mughal architecture

Mughal architecture

Mughal architecture, an amalgam of Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture, is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style.The Mughal dynasty was...

. The word 'Charbagh

Bagh (garden)

Bāgh which usually translates to garden, refers to an enclosed area with permanent cultures as well as flowers. It is common to near-, middle- and south-eastern countries...

' means four gardens; it is said that four gardens were here at the time of Nawab

Nawab

A Nawab or Nawaab is an honorific title given to Muslim rulers of princely states in South Asia. It is the Muslim equivalent of the term "maharaja" that was granted to Hindu rulers....

s. From an aerial view the tombs and pillars of the Charbagh Railway Station appear to be players of a chess game and the whole station as a chess board, this is one of the unique features of this building and it makes the Charbagh Railway Station as one of the most beautifully built Railway Stations in the world. It serves as main station for both Northern railways and North Eastern railways. It has two different stations- divisional headquarter of Northern Railway

Northern Railway

Northern Railway is the name of:* North railway * Northern Railway , predecessor of the Southern Pacific Company* Northern Railway of Canada* Northern Railway Zone * Northern Railway * Nevada Northern Railway...

 and also of NER and an important rail hub in North India.It is also the second busiest railway station of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 after Kanpur Central

Kanpur Central

Kanpur Central is the major intercity rail station and a commuter rail hub in the Indian city of Kanpur. It falls is one of the most busiest stations in India. The Kanpur Central Railway Station is on the main Howrah - Delhi route broad gauge in Uttar Pradesh...

. Trains from here connect the city to New Delhi and prominent state capitals of India like Bhopal, Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

, Jaipur

Jaipur

Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

, Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Hyderabad, Jammu

Jammu

Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

 etc. Lucknow NR is also the main hub for the Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway

Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway

Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway System is a commuter rail service operated by Northern Railways, North Central Railway and North Eastern Railway to connect administrative capital Lucknow with the economic and industrial capital Kanpur of the state Uttar Pradesh. These services are mostly run...

 System (MEMU

MEMU

MEMU is a commuter rail system in India operated by the Indian Railway.The system uses Mainline Electrical Multiple Units operating on Alternating Current drawn from over-head cables through the catenary system....

).

Important Trains originating from Lucknow

Train No.		| Train Name		| Arrival		| Departure		| Destination
12003	Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi	Starting Station	15:35	NDLS
12184	Lucknow - Bhopal Junction Express Bhopal - Lucknow Express The Bhopal - Lucknow Express is a Tri-Weekly superfast express train service offered by West Central Railways Bhopal Division...	Starting Station		BPL
12233	LKO-NDLS AC Exp	Starting Station	23:30	NDLS
12229	Lucknow Mail Lucknow mail The Lucknow Mail is an Indian Railways train running between Lucknow and New Delhi on a daily basis. Its numbered 12229 when starting from Lucknow and terminating at New Delhi, 12230 between New Delhi and Lucknow. It has the maximum number of coaches in the entire country. It is the most important...	Starting Station	22:10	NDLS
12419	Gomti Express	Starting Station	05:25	NDLS
12108	Lucknow - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express	Starting Station	22:45	LTT
12533	Pushpak Express Pushpak Express The Pushpak Express runs between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Lucknow Railway Station in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It passes through three state capitals i.e. Lucknow, Bhopal & Mumbai...	Starting Station	19:45	CSTM
12104	Pune Exp	Starting Station	06:30	Pune