| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Superfast, Rajya Rani Express [1] | ||||
| First service | 11 March 2012 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | North Central Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Meerut City | ||||
| Stops | 8 | ||||
| End | Lucknow NE | ||||
| Distance travelled | 459 km (285 mi) | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | AC Chair Car, 2nd Class seating, Unreserved/General | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | No | ||||
| Auto-rack arrangements | No | ||||
| Catering facilities | No Pantry car attached | ||||
| Observation facilities | Operated from Lucknow NR until 1 March 2014 . Now runs from Lucknow NE. | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railway ICF coaches Coaches | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum ,57.68 km/h (36 mph), including halts | ||||
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The 22454 / 53 Meerut City Lucknow Rajya Rani Express is a Superfast express train of the Rajya Rani Express series belonging to Indian Railways - North Central Railway zone that runs between Meerut City and Lucknow NE in India.
Meerut City, or Meerut City Junction, is the main railway station in the city of Meerut. It is a junction of Meerut-Bulandshahr-Khurja line and Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line. Double lining of Meerut-Saharanpur section is on full swing.
Lucknow Junction is one of the two main railway stations of Lucknow city for broad gauge trains. It is situated right next to Lucknow Charbagh Railway Station.
Rajya Rani trains are a series of express trains operated by Indian Railways to connect state capitals with other cities important for tourism, pilgrimage or business.
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It operates as train number 22454 from Meerut to Lucknow NE and as train number 22453 in the reverse direction serving the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With roughly 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during British rule, and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950. The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts with the capital being Lucknow. The main ethnic group is the Hindavi people, forming the demographic plurality. On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the state's Himalayan hill region. The two major rivers of the state, the Ganga and Yamuna, join at Allahabad (Prayagraj) and then flow as the Ganga further east. Hindi is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state.
It is part of the Rajya Rani Express series launched by the former railway minister of India, Ms. Mamata Banerjee in the 2011/12 Rail Budget .
India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who has served as the 8th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011 being the first woman to hold the office. She founded the party All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its chairperson. She is often referred to as Didi.
