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{{Short description|Railway line in India}}
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| caption = Bareilly Junction, an important railway station on Lucknow–Moradabad line
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| locale = [[Indo-Gangetic Plain|Gangetic Plain]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| start = [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow]]
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| open = 1873
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| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] for main line
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| tracklength = Mainline: {{convert|326|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}<br/>Chandausi
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The '''Lucknow–Moradabad line''' (also known as
==History==
After connecting Varanasi with Lucknow, the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] started working west of Lucknow. Construction of railway line from Lucknow to Sandila and then on to Hardoi was completed in 1872. The line up to Bareilly was completed in 1873. A line connecting Moradabad to Chandausi was also built in 1872 and it was continued up to Bareilly in 1873. The
A short {{convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
==Electrification==
The {{convert|326|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
Electrification of the {{convert|636|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
The survey for railway electrification of the
==Sheds==
Lucknow diesel loco shed or Alambagh diesel shed is home to 160+ locomotives, including [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]], [[WDM-3A]], [[WDM-3D]], [[WDG-3A
==Speed limit==
==Passenger movement==
==Railway reorganisation==
Around 1872, the [[Indian Branch Railway Company]] was transformed into [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]].<ref name=irfcai>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History: Early History (1832-1869) | publisher= IRFCA|
The Government of India took over the Bengal and North-Western Railway and merged it with the Rohilkhand and Kumaon Railway to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] in 1943.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Bengal_and_North-Western_Railway |title =Bengal and North-Western Railway | publisher= fibis|
In 1952, [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]], [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] and [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]] were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]], east of Mughalsarai and [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughal Sarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with Oudh and Tirhut Railway, Assam Railway and a portion of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography – Railway Zones| publisher= IRFCA|
==References==
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