The Ostentatious Design of
the Structure gives every the
visitor a historical warmth.
Charbagh Railway Station: Built with Pride
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ill 1867, the massive Charbagh Railway Station of Lucknow was a large orchard. Incor- Many intercities are also running to make it easier for people to travel around such an enor-
porated with domes and minars of Saracen Design, the station building was construct- mous city in almost no time. It is connected to Gomti Nagar Terminal, Aishbagh junction
ed in 1926. To sync with the architecture typical of the buildings made in the days of Nawabs terminal, Alam Nagar, Transport Nagar Railway terminal and a lot more.
of Oudh. Its name is relevant to the location it is built in, that is Charbagh in the south of the The Importance of the Station can be figured out by the facts that it contains one home
city. The name ‘Char Bagh’ refers to the four gardens that were present earlier. The build- platform (Platform No. 1) which houses 24 carriages train, other than this it even includes
ing is made up of red bricks and has a frontispiece of long verandahs decked with Mughal six other platforms (Platform No. 2,3,4,5,6,7). There are two bay platforms also (Platform
arches. There are mixed structures of Rajput, Awadhi, and Mughal architecture.Considered 8 & 9) which are adjoining Platform No. 1, these platforms handle short trains with 18 car-
One of the most beautiful stations in India according to its built.
riages like Varanasi intercity, Prayag Ghat passenger, etc. Platform Nos. 10 & 11 are under
construction.A unique fact about the Railway station is that when viewed from an aerial
Lucknow City is connected with all the metro and Important cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, view, the building looks like a Chess Board and the domes seem like the pieces of the chess
New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigarh, Jammu, Bhopal, Jaipur, Chennai, Hyderabad. game.
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