Travel to Lucknow

Every way to reach Lucknow: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Lucknow is reachable from 84 places across 4 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 17 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €12.99 and the fastest takes 1h 22m door to door. The nearest origin is 54 km away.

Checked 1 October 2026Priced for 1 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Lucknow

Every mode that actually calls at Lucknow, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train132€12.991h 22m889 km7
Flight39€49.114h 7m4,257 km10
  • 84Places you can arrive from
  • 84Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 17Operators

The train gets you into Lucknow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Lucknow

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3822%Unnāo, 54 km
200 to 600 km8952%Jaunpur, 213 km
600 to 1,500 km3118%Bhilai, 628 km
Over 1,500 km138%Chennai, 1531 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Lucknow that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
India16194%
United Arab Emirates53%
Saudi Arabia32%
Oman21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Lucknow

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Lucknow

Rail
  • Lucknow City railway station
  • Lucknow Alambagh railway station
  • Lucknow Charbagh railway station
Coach
  • Alambagh Bus Station
  • Vridavan
Air
  • LKO

Landing at LKO after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

Getting from LKO into Lucknow?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Lucknow costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Lucknow

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Lucknow, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Kanpur to Lucknow train€12.991h 23m71 km
Jajmau to Lucknow train€13.541h 22m68 km
Prayagraj to Lucknow train€27.842h 13m180 km
Bareilly to Lucknow train€39.392h 32m225 km
Varanasi to Lucknow train€41.042h 54m269 km
Gorakhpur to Lucknow train€41.592h 43m243 km
Agra to Lucknow train€43.793h 3m290 km
Gwalior to Lucknow train€45.992h 59m282 km
Firozabad to Lucknow train€45.992h 46m253 km
Delhi to Lucknow flight€49.114h 7m415 km
Morādābād to Lucknow train€49.843h 19m307 km
Aligarh to Lucknow train€53.143h 10m304 km
Delhi to Lucknow train€54.793h 35m415 km
Patna to Lucknow flight€57.374h 10m442 km
Patna to Lucknow train€57.543h 46m442 km
Faridabad to Lucknow train€59.193h 52m396 km

Check-in is at three and you will be in Lucknow well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Lucknow?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular journeys to Lucknow

Common questions about Travel to Lucknow

How can I get to Lucknow?

Lucknow is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 84 places, across 4 countries, on services run by 17 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Lucknow?

The cheapest way into Lucknow is by Train, from €12.99 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 84 origins we sell into Lucknow over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Lucknow?

The fastest journey into Lucknow is by Train, at 1h 22m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 54 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Lucknow have?

Lucknow has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Lucknow City railway station, Lucknow Alambagh railway station, Lucknow Charbagh railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Lucknow from within 200 km?

38 of the routes we sell into Lucknow start within 200 km. The nearest is Unnāo, 54 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Lucknow in India?

Lucknow connects to 84 places on our network across 4 countries, the furthest of them 4,257 km away in a straight line. India routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in India

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Lucknow is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Lucknow

The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.

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