12230 NEW DELHI - LUCKNOW SUPERFAST MAIL DEPARTING NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION OF NORTHERN RAILWAYS.

12230/Lucknow Mail (PT)
ਲਖਨਊ ਮੇਲ / لکھنؤ میل लखनऊ मेल
NDLS/New Delhi -- LJN/Lucknow Junction NER

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 is the most important train on this route and has got an ISO 9000 certification after Bhopal Express. Lucknow Mail is the first LHB train of Indian Railways running with 24 coaches(22 coaches+2 EOG) on permanent basis.Lucknow Mail is also known as the VVIP train of northern railway and pride of NR.It is the best train on Lucknow-New Delhi route via Moradabad. Lucknow Mail is the first Non-AC train of Northern Railway Zone and overall second train to get new German LHB Coaches after Lucknow - New Delhi AC Superfast Express, replacing old ICF Bogie, on 26 October 2016 which gives passengers easy and comfortable journey with less jerks, noise while traveling. The train will have 1,232 berths instead of 1,196. Sleeper class will have 80 seats instead of 72, third AC will have 72 seats instead of 64, second AC will have 52 seats instead of 46 and first AC will accommodate 24 passengers instead of 18. The train will comprise 22 coaches including general class coaches and generator cars. The new coaches will have bio toilets, braille stickers and improved interiors. The train can house large number of passengers in its coaches. The train got number of 10 AC coaches. The several booking classes are AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, Sleeper and General.[1] [2] The full route of the train is electrified, the work between Moradabad and Ghaziabad was finished on 22 January 2016 and now the Lucknow Mail gets an end to end electric locomotive (WAP-7).
Lucknow Mail originally had 29 Up and 30 Down numbers before rationalisation of number schemes. With the new rationalisation scheme the train was assigned with service numbers 4229 from Lucknow and 4230 from New Delhi. In the 2005-06 railway Budget, it was elevated to Superfast category without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. During the tenure of Mamta Banerjee as Railway Minister a new five digit numbering scheme was introduced and present numbers 12229 and 12230 were assigned to Lucknow Mail.
The down train (#12230) departs New Delhi at 22:05 usually from Platform 16 and reaches Lucknow at 06:45 the following morning. The up train (#12229) departs Lucknow at 22:15 usually from Platform 1 and reaches New Delhi at 06:45 the following morning.The train boarding station was changed from 15/11/2018 from lucknow charbagh to Lucknow junction.
Loco in-charge for this train is WAP-7,WAP-4, WAP 5 from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (GZB) shed.

The New Delhi Railway Station (station code NDLS), situated between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj is the main railway station in Delhi. It is the one of the busiest railway stations in the country in terms of train frequency and passenger movement. Around 400 trains start, end, or passes through the station daily, which handled 1,68,370 (as per 2011 data)[1] passengers daily with 16 platforms.[2] The New Delhi railway station holds the record for the largest route interlocking system in the world along with the Kanpur Central Railway Station i.e. 48. The station is about two kilometres north of Connaught Place, in central Delhi.
Most eastbound and southbound trains originate at New Delhi Railway Station; however, some important trains to other parts of the country also touch/originate at this station . Most pairs of Shatabdi Express originate and terminate at this station. It is also the main hub for the Rajdhani Express.
A total of 427 passenger trains originate, terminate, or pass through the station. 867 stations across India are directly connected to New Delhi Railway Station.
Before the new imperial capital New Delhi was established after 1911, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the entire city and the Agra-Delhi railway line cut through what is today called Lutyens' Delhi and the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial (now India Gate) and Kingsway (now Rajpath). The railway line was shifted along Yamuna river and opened in 1924 to make way for the new capital. Minto (now Shivaji) and Hardinge (now Tilak) rail bridges came up for this realigned line. The East Indian Railway Company, that overlooked railways in the region, sanctioned the construction of a single story building and a single platform between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj in 1926. This was later known as New Delhi Railway station. The government's plans to have the new station built inside the Central Park of Connaught Place was rejected by the Railways as it found the idea impractical.[4] In 1927–28, New Delhi Capital Works project involving construction of 4.79 miles (7.71 km) of new lines was completed.

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