Once , Himgiri Express I was travelling in, took less time to cover SLN-LKO outers than it took to shuttle into LKO. Trains often negotiate ~30 mins on the LKO-UTR stretch before blasting off. Same is true for AMV-LKO on some occasions and Manaknagar-Lucknow [especially for passengers and trains like Gomti that crawl after that].
The only exception is the NER route because that sees less traffic and is properly doubled now [was somewhat single back in the day].
please wait...Translate to HindiEk baar, Himgiri Express jismein main travel kar raha tha, usne SLN-LKO k outer cover karne mein kam time liya LKO ke andar shuttle karne se. Trains aksar LKO-UTR stretch pe ~30 mins negotiate karte hain pehle nikalne se. Yeh hi baat AMV-LKO pe kuch mauko pe hoti hai aur Manaknagar-Lucknow pe [khaas taur pe passengers aur aise trains jaise Gomti jo uske baad crawl karte hain].
Sirf NER route ki alag baat hai kyunki waha traffic kam hai aur ab woh properly doubled hai [pehle thoda single tha].