Which trains go from Delhi to Lalkuan?

12040 New Delhi - Kathgodam Shatabdi Express (Daily): leaves New Delhi at 06:20, reaches Lalkuan at 10:44; 15060 Anand Vihar - Lal Kuan Express (Tue, Thu): leaves Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi) at 14:15, reaches Lalkuan at 21:10; 15035 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express (Daily): leaves Delhi (Old Delhi) at 16:00, reaches Lalkuan at 21:22. Times as published, checked 22 Oct 2026; check NTES or IRCTC before you travel.

Which trains go from Lalkuan to Delhi?

15059 Lal Kuan - Anand Vihar Express (Tue, Thu): leaves Lalkuan at 04:25, reaches Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi) at 10:40; 15036 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express (Daily): leaves Lalkuan at 09:35, reaches Delhi (Old Delhi) at 15:25; 12039 Kathgodam - New Delhi Shatabdi Express (Daily): leaves Lalkuan at 16:05, reaches New Delhi at 20:55. Times as published, checked 22 Oct 2026; check NTES or IRCTC before you travel.

How far is Nainital from Lalkuan Junction Railway Station?

58 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap.

How do I get from Lalkuan to Munsiyari or Dharchula or Pithoragarh?

By road: Munsiyari is 302 km, Dharchula is 319 km, Pithoragarh is 228 km. Hill roads are slow; plan a full day and start early.

Anything to know before arriving at Lalkuan?

Times at Lal Kuan differ between sites for some trains. Shatabdi 12039: etrain 15:58 to 16:00, ConfirmTkt and RailYatri 16:03 to 16:05. Garib Rath 12207: etrain 19:01 to 19:03, the others 19:04 to 19:06. Ramnagar to Bandra 22976: etrain 18:28 to 18:33, the others 18:15 to 18:20. Lal Kuan to Amritsar 14615: etrain 23:45, the others 23:40. The time two sources share is used here. The special trains listed here (05045, 05046, 05059, 05060, 05343, 05344, 09119, 09120) run only for set periods. etrain shows each one ending in late November 2026 unless it is extended.

Nainital district LKU

Lalkuan Junction Railway Station (LKU): Trains and Timings

Lalkuan Junction Railway Station (LKU) is a railway station in Nainital district, Uttarakhand. By road, Nainital is 58 km, Almora is 107 km and Pithoragarh is 228 km. Lal Kuan is a junction. One line goes to Haldwani and Kathgodam. One goes via Pantnagar, Kichha and Baheri to Bareilly. One goes via Rudrapur SIDCUL, Gularbhoj and Bazpur to Kashipur and Ramnagar.

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Lalkuan at a glance

Station code: LKU
Trains: 62 stop here, 32 start or end here
Nainital: 58 km by road
Almora: 107 km by road
Pithoragarh: 228 km by road
Nearest airport: Pantnagar Airport, 13 km

Trains at Lalkuan

62 trains stop here. Times are as published; trains run late in winter fog, so check the running status on the day.

Trains at Lalkuan Junction Railway Station, in the order of the day
Train	From	To	Days	Arrives	Leaves
15013 Ranikhet Express	Jaisalmer	Kathgodam	Daily	03:39 +1	03:44 +1
15059 Lal Kuan - Anand Vihar Express	Lalkuan	Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi)	Tue, Thu	Starts here	04:25
05046 Rajkot - Lal Kuan Special	Rajkot	Lalkuan	Mon	04:45 +2	Ends here
22975 Bandra Terminus - Ramnagar Superfast Express	Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)	Ramnagar	Thu	05:40 +1	05:45 +1
15055 Agra Fort - Ramnagar Express	Agra Fort	Ramnagar	Sun, Tue, Fri	05:40 +1	05:45 +1
12092 Naini - Doon Jan Shatabdi Express	Kathgodam	Dehradun	Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat	06:10	06:15
14120 Dehradun - Kathgodam Express	Dehradun	Kathgodam	Daily	06:10 +1	06:15 +1
12353 Howrah - Lal Kuan Express	Howrah	Lalkuan	Fri	06:55 +1	Ends here
15043 Lucknow - Kathgodam Express	Lucknow Junction	Kathgodam	Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri	06:55 +1	07:00 +1
55308 Ramnagar - Kasganj Passenger	Ramnagar	Kasganj	Daily	07:20	07:25
22544 Lal Kuan - Bandra Terminus Superfast Express	Lalkuan	Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)	Mon	Starts here	07:45
65301 Bareilly City - Ramnagar MEMU	Bareilly City	Ramnagar	Daily	08:05	08:10
13019 Bagh Express	Howrah	Kathgodam	Daily	08:05 +2	08:10 +2
55302 Lal Kuan - Moradabad Passenger	Lalkuan	Moradabad	Daily	Starts here	08:25
15301 KSR Bengaluru - Lal Kuan Express	KSR Bengaluru	Lalkuan	Tue	09:05 +2	Ends here
15036 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express	Kathgodam	Delhi (Old Delhi)	Daily	09:31	09:35
55303 Moradabad - Lal Kuan Passenger (via Kashipur)	Moradabad	Lalkuan	Daily	09:55	Ends here
05401 Bareilly City - Kashipur DEMU Special	Bareilly City	Kashipur	Daily	10:20	10:35
12040 New Delhi - Kathgodam Shatabdi Express	New Delhi	Kathgodam	Daily	10:44	10:47
55312 Lal Kuan - Kasganj Passenger	Lalkuan	Kasganj	Daily	Starts here	10:45
55311 Kasganj - Lal Kuan Passenger	Kasganj	Lalkuan	Daily	12:00	Ends here
15044 Kathgodam - Lucknow Express	Kathgodam	Lucknow Junction	Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat	12:03	12:08
12208 Jammu Tawi - Kathgodam Garib Rath Express	Jammu Tawi	Kathgodam	Sun	12:19 +1	12:24 +1
21907 Mumbai Central - Kathgodam Superfast Express	Mumbai Central	Kathgodam	Wed	12:30 +1	12:35 +1
05060 Lal Kuan - Kolkata Special	Lalkuan	Kolkata	Thu	Starts here	12:35
05045 Lal Kuan - Rajkot Special	Lalkuan	Rajkot	Sun	Starts here	12:35
09119 Pratap Nagar - Lal Kuan Superfast Special	Pratap Nagar (Vadodara)	Lalkuan	Sun	12:45 +1	Ends here
55309 Lal Kuan - Kashipur Passenger	Lalkuan	Kashipur	Daily	Starts here	12:45
65302 Kashipur - Bareilly City MEMU	Kashipur	Bareilly City	Daily	12:50	12:55
22543 Bandra Terminus - Lal Kuan Superfast Express	Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)	Lalkuan	Tue	13:20 +1	Ends here
05344 Lal Kuan - Sabarmati Special	Lalkuan	Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)	Wed	Starts here	13:35
15016 Lal Kuan - Amritsar Express	Lalkuan	Amritsar	Tue	Starts here	13:40
05343 Sabarmati - Lal Kuan Special	Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)	Lalkuan	Thu	14:20 +1	Ends here
12209 Kanpur Central - Kathgodam Garib Rath Express	Kanpur Central	Kathgodam	Tue	14:30	14:35
05402 Kashipur - Bareilly City DEMU Special	Kashipur	Bareilly City	Daily	14:30	14:50
05059 Kolkata - Lal Kuan Special	Kolkata	Lalkuan	Sat	15:45 +1	Ends here
09120 Lal Kuan - Pratap Nagar Superfast Special	Lalkuan	Pratap Nagar (Vadodara)	Mon	Starts here	15:50
12039 Kathgodam - New Delhi Shatabdi Express	Kathgodam	New Delhi	Daily	16:03	16:05
55313 Bareilly City - Lal Kuan Passenger	Bareilly City	Lalkuan	Daily	16:25	Ends here
55304 Lal Kuan - Moradabad Passenger (via Kashipur)	Lalkuan	Moradabad	Daily	Starts here	16:50
55314 Lal Kuan - Bareilly City Passenger	Lalkuan	Bareilly City	Daily	Starts here	17:05
55301 Moradabad - Lal Kuan Passenger	Moradabad	Lalkuan	Daily	17:15	Ends here
15015 Amritsar - Lal Kuan Express	Amritsar	Lalkuan	Wed	17:40	Ends here
15302 Lal Kuan - KSR Bengaluru Express	Lalkuan	KSR Bengaluru	Sat	Starts here	17:45
22976 Ramnagar - Bandra Terminus Express	Ramnagar	Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)	Fri	18:15	18:20
21908 Kathgodam - Mumbai Central Superfast Express	Kathgodam	Mumbai Central	Thu	18:20	18:25
12354 Lal Kuan - Howrah Express	Lalkuan	Howrah	Sat	Starts here	18:50
12207 Kathgodam - Jammu Tawi Garib Rath Express	Kathgodam	Jammu Tawi	Tue	19:04	19:06
12210 Kathgodam - Kanpur Central Garib Rath Express	Kathgodam	Kanpur Central	Mon	19:04	19:06
55307 Kasganj - Ramnagar Passenger	Kasganj	Ramnagar	Daily	19:20	19:25
55310 Kashipur - Lal Kuan Passenger	Kashipur	Lalkuan	Daily	19:25	Ends here
15062 Lal Kuan - Kasganj Express	Lalkuan	Kasganj	Daily	Starts here	20:00
14119 Kathgodam - Dehradun Express	Kathgodam	Dehradun	Daily	20:45	20:50
14616 Amritsar - Lal Kuan Express	Amritsar	Lalkuan	Sat	21:10	Ends here
15060 Anand Vihar - Lal Kuan Express	Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi)	Lalkuan	Tue, Thu	21:10	Ends here
15035 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express	Delhi (Old Delhi)	Kathgodam	Daily	21:22	21:27
15014 Ranikhet Express	Kathgodam	Jaisalmer	Daily	21:23	21:28
15056 Ramnagar - Agra Fort Express	Ramnagar	Agra Fort	Mon, Thu, Sat	21:45	21:50
15061 Kasganj - Lal Kuan Express	Kasganj	Lalkuan	Daily	21:55	Ends here
12091 Doon - Naini Jan Shatabdi Express	Dehradun	Kathgodam	Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat	22:40	22:45
13020 Bagh Express	Kathgodam	Howrah	Daily	22:41	22:46
14615 Lal Kuan - Amritsar Express	Lalkuan	Amritsar	Sat	Starts here	23:40

Days are the days a train leaves its first station; +1 means the next day.

Times from etrain.info, confirmtkt.com and railyatri.in, checked 22 Oct 2026. Trains change; check NTES or IRCTC before you travel.

About Lalkuan Junction Railway Station

A fourth line goes from Lal Kuan via Haldi Road, Rudrapur City and Rampur to Moradabad, the main way to Delhi. (etrain.info)
etrain lists 62 trains at Lal Kuan. Many start or end here, to Howrah, Bengaluru, Bandra, Amritsar, Anand Vihar, Kasganj, Moradabad, Bareilly City and Kashipur, besides the Kathgodam trains passing through. (etrain.info)
By rail, Lal Kuan is 259 km from New Delhi, 16 km short of Haldwani and 22 km short of Kathgodam. (etrain.info)
Lal Kuan is on North Eastern Railway, in the Izzatnagar division. Wikipedia lists 5 platforms, while RailYatri's station page lists 4. etrain timetables show trains using platforms 1 to 5. (en.wikipedia.org)

From Lalkuan to the hills

By road, the shorter of two routers on OpenStreetMap. Hill roads are slow: allow about 25 to 30 km an hour once the climb begins.

Road distance from Lalkuan Junction Railway Station
To	km
Haldwani	16
Bhimtal	43
Nainital	58
Mukteshwar	86
Tanakpur	96
Ranikhet	102
Almora	107
Jageshwar	139
Kausani	157
Champawat	169
Bageshwar	178
Lohaghat	182
Chaukori	227
Pithoragarh	228
Munsiyari	302
Dharchula	319
Gunji	396

The district site says shared taxis are available at Lal Kuan station. It gives Lal Kuan as 56 km from Nainital. (nainital.nic.in, last updated 2019-06-10)

Where to stay: stays in Almora, stays in Chaukori, stays in Pithoragarh, stays in Munsiyari, stays in Gunji.

Before you travel

Times at Lal Kuan differ between sites for some trains. Shatabdi 12039: etrain 15:58 to 16:00, ConfirmTkt and RailYatri 16:03 to 16:05. Garib Rath 12207: etrain 19:01 to 19:03, the others 19:04 to 19:06. Ramnagar to Bandra 22976: etrain 18:28 to 18:33, the others 18:15 to 18:20. Lal Kuan to Amritsar 14615: etrain 23:45, the others 23:40. The time two sources share is used here. (etrain.info)
The special trains listed here (05045, 05046, 05059, 05060, 05343, 05344, 09119, 09120) run only for set periods. etrain shows each one ending in late November 2026 unless it is extended. (etrain.info)

Lately

Lal Kuan is one of three Uttarakhand stations whose Amrit Bharat redevelopment foundation stone the Prime Minister laid online on 6 August 2023. (governoruk.gov.in, 2023-08-06)
A 2024 report put the Lal Kuan works at Rs 29.78 crore: a new circulating area with parking, a foot overbridge, granite floors, rooftop solar, a train display board, CCTV and announcements. (patrika.com, 2024-10-20)
The Lal Kuan to Bengaluru weekly train, once a special, became regular as 15302 and 15301. 15302 leaves Lal Kuan every Saturday at 17:45 from 19 September 2026. 15301 leaves Bengaluru every Tuesday from 22 September 2026. (amarujala.com, 2026-08-25)
An earlier Amar Ujala report gave the new numbers as 15202 and 15201 and said the start date was not fixed. The later report and the timetable sites use 15302 and 15301. (amarujala.com, 2026-08-20)
A weekly Lal Kuan to Kolkata special (05060) runs on Thursdays from 8 October to 26 November 2026, leaving at 12:35. The return (05059) leaves Kolkata on Saturdays from 10 October to 28 November. (amarujala.com, 2026-09-10)
The weekly Lal Kuan to Rajkot special (05045, Sundays) and its return (05046, Mondays) were extended for nine more trips from 29 and 30 November 2026. (amarujala.com, 2026-09-10)
A weekly Lal Kuan to Sabarmati festival special (05344, Wednesdays) started on 2 September 2026 via Badaun and runs until 25 November. Amar Ujala gives the Lal Kuan departure as 13:55, while etrain and ConfirmTkt show 13:35. (amarujala.com, 2026-09-03)
A Lal Kuan to Chhapra special (05090) will run on Saturdays 5 and 12 December 2026, via Kichha, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur, Gonda and Gorakhpur. The return (05089) runs on 6 and 13 December. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-16)
Railways say the Lal Kuan to Amritsar and Amritsar to Lal Kuan trains will be hit by fog cancellations between December 2026 and early March 2027. Exact dates were not given. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-21)
The Kathgodam Garib Rath trains that pass Lal Kuan are cancelled on their weekly days in winter: 12207 and 12209 from 8 December 2026 to 2 March 2027, 12208 from 6 December 2026 to 28 February 2027, and 12210 from 7 December 2026 to 1 March 2027. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-16)
On 12 October 2026 a goods train derailed during shunting at Haldi station near Pantnagar, which blocked the line to Kathgodam for several hours. The Jammu Garib Rath was held at Rudrapur. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-13)

The weather at Lalkuan now

At Haldwani, 16 km away, at 424 m.

Haldwani424 m

21°CClear
Now, 19:04 IST · wind 4 km/h

TonightMostly clear21° 16°Dry
SunClear26° 15°Dry
MonClear27° 16°Dry
TueMostly clear29° 15°Dry
WedClear26° 17°Dry
ThuClear25° 16°Dry
FriClear25° 15°Dry

Forecast for 424 m, updated 7 Nov, 16:50 IST. Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.

Haldwani weather: the next 24 hours, 10 days and every month.

Temples near Lalkuan

Ghorakhal Golu Devta Temple: 51 km by road
Kainchi Dham: 61 km by road
Mukteshwar Dham: 86 km by road
Reetha Sahib: 129 km by road

Other stations and airports near Lalkuan

Pantnagar Airport: 13 km by road
Haldwani Railway Station: 17 km by road
Kathgodam Railway Station: 23 km by road
Rudrapur City Railway Station: 25 km by road
Ramnagar Railway Station: 74 km by road

Questions about Lalkuan

12040 New Delhi - Kathgodam Shatabdi Express (Daily): leaves New Delhi at 06:20, reaches Lalkuan at 10:44; 15060 Anand Vihar - Lal Kuan Express (Tue, Thu): leaves Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi) at 14:15, reaches Lalkuan at 21:10; 15035 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express (Daily): leaves Delhi (Old Delhi) at 16:00, reaches Lalkuan at 21:22. Times as published, checked 22 Oct 2026; check NTES or IRCTC before you travel.
15059 Lal Kuan - Anand Vihar Express (Tue, Thu): leaves Lalkuan at 04:25, reaches Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi) at 10:40; 15036 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express (Daily): leaves Lalkuan at 09:35, reaches Delhi (Old Delhi) at 15:25; 12039 Kathgodam - New Delhi Shatabdi Express (Daily): leaves Lalkuan at 16:05, reaches New Delhi at 20:55. Times as published, checked 22 Oct 2026; check NTES or IRCTC before you travel.
58 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap.
By road: Munsiyari is 302 km, Dharchula is 319 km, Pithoragarh is 228 km. Hill roads are slow; plan a full day and start early.
Times at Lal Kuan differ between sites for some trains. Shatabdi 12039: etrain 15:58 to 16:00, ConfirmTkt and RailYatri 16:03 to 16:05. Garib Rath 12207: etrain 19:01 to 19:03, the others 19:04 to 19:06. Ramnagar to Bandra 22976: etrain 18:28 to 18:33, the others 18:15 to 18:20. Lal Kuan to Amritsar 14615: etrain 23:45, the others 23:40. The time two sources share is used here. The special trains listed here (05045, 05046, 05059, 05060, 05343, 05344, 09119, 09120) run only for set periods. etrain shows each one ending in late November 2026 unless it is extended.

How we made this page

Each train and fact names its source, checked 22 Oct 2026. The point is from Google Maps (the station's own pin; OpenStreetMap's town node is 350 m south); road distances are the shorter of two routers (OSRM and Valhalla) on OpenStreetMap. If a time or service has changed, tell us on WhatsApp.

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