Kanpur Lucknow Roadways Service
The Kanpur Lucknow Roadways Service is a frequent bus service operated by Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation UPSRTC) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, connecting its legislative capital Lucknow with the industrial capital at Kanpur. UPSRTC provides a wide variety of bus services including general buses, Pawan Gold buses, as well as air conditioned services using buses from Sheetal, Shatabdi and Volvo.[1] The company also offers a sleeper bus service.
Lucknow and Kanpur lie 82 kilometres (51 mi) apart by road and 72 kilometres (45 mi) by train, making it competitive for UPSRTC to provide fast and frequent service through a of variety of buses. The Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway provides hourly MEMU commuter trains and an EMU electric service at a cost of 11 Rs per person with a journey time of around 100 minutes. UPSRTC offers a competitive frequent bus service between the two cities running every 5 to 10 minutes. The outward and return fares for the under two hour journey differ due to the route taken.