Lucknow – New Delhi Tejas Express
LJN - NDLS Tejas Express standing at Safdarjung railway station.
Overview
Service type	Tejas Express
Locale	Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	4 October 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-04)[1]
Current operator(s)	IRCTC & Indian Railways
Route
Termini	Lucknow Junction (LJN) New Delhi (NDLS)
Stops	2
Distance travelled	512 km (318 mi)
Average journey time	6 hrs 15 mins
Service frequency	6 days a week
Train number(s)	82501 / 82502
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Executive Class, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Auto-rack arrangements	Overhead racks
Catering facilities	No pantry car attached but on-board catering available
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	Yes
Baggage facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Tejas rake
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	79 km/h (49 mph) average including halts.
Route map Legend 82501 ↓ Lucknow Junction Kanpur Central Ghaziabad Junction Uttar Pradesh New Delhi border 82502 ↑ New Delhi

The 82501 / 82502 Lucknow–New Delhi Tejas Express is one of India's semi-high speed full AC Tejas Express fleet introduced by Indian Railways connecting New Delhi in Delhi and Lucknow Junction in Uttar Pradesh. The train started its operations on 4 October 2019, on the occasion of Navaratris. It is the fastest train between Lucknow and Delhi and vice versa after the newly recently launched Anand Vihar Terminal-Ayodhya Cantonment Vande Bharat Express.

The train leaves Lucknow Junction at 06:10 am and reaches New Delhi at 12:35 pm. On its return journey, the train leaves Delhi at 3:30 pm and reach Lucknow at 10:05 pm. The train having three stops at Kanpur Central,Tundla Junction and Ghaziabad runs on all days of a week, except Tuesday.^[2]

IRCTC, the operator of this train announced that in Indian rail history for the first time ever passengers will be compensated for the delay of the train. ₹100 will be paid to the passengers if the delay is over one hour while ₹250 will be paid for delays over two hours. Alongside a slew of offers like free travel insurance worth ₹25 lakh (US$29,000) and on-board infotainment services, doorstep baggage collection and local food are provided. But no Tatkal quota will be available for this train.^[3][4]

The train, on its first month of run, with an average occupancy of 80–85%, has made a profit of ₹70 lakh (US$81,000), while earning a revenue of nearly ₹3.70 crore (US$430,000) through its ticket sale. IRCTC, the private operator spent an average of nearly ₹14 lakh per day to run the train, earned around ₹17.50 lakh daily from passenger fares.^[5]