Padrauna railway station

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Padrauna Indian Railway Station

Station statistics
Address	Station Road, Padrauna, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	26°53′51″N 83°58′59″E / 26.8975°N 83.9831°E / 26.8975; 83.9831Coordinates: 26°53′51″N 83°58′59″E / 26.8975°N 83.9831°E / 26.8975; 83.9831
Elevation	89 metres (292 ft)
Line(s)	Gorakhpur-Thawe
Connections	Taxi stand
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available?
Baggage check	Available
Other information
Opened	1907
Station code	POU
Division(s)	Varanasi
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operator	North Eastern Railway
Station status	Functioning
Formerly	Bengal and North Western Railway Northern Railway
Location
Padrauna railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Padrauna railway station is on the Gorakhpur-Thawe line. It is about 77 km from Gorakhpur railway station and is situated towards its north-eastern part. It is situated about 20 km from Kushinagar, an international tourist and religious spot for Buddhists. It serves Padrauna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

History

Bengal and North Western Railway constructed the 79 mi (127 km) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3³⁄₈ in) wide metre gauge line from Siwan to Kaptanganj in 1907.^[1]

The Kaptanganj-Thawe section was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 2011.^[2]

Trains

Till now the only mail train the station has got is Lucknow-Padrauna Mail which runs from Padrauna at 9:15 pm and reaches Lucknow at 5:00 am.

Passengers

Padrauna railway station handles around 18,000 passengers every day.^[3]

References

↑ "Indian Railways line history; 2. North Eastern Railway". Retrieved 22 June 2013.
↑ "Indian Railways: A Historical Perspective". North Eastern Railway. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
↑ "Padrauna". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

External links

Trains at Padrauna

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Barharaganj		North Eastern Railway zone Gorakhpur-Thawe branch line		Kath Kuiyan

External video
Inauguration of broad gauge at Padrauna

v t e Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh

Northern Railway¹	Akbarpur Ayodhya Barabanki Bareilly Chandausi Faizabad Ghaziabad Goshainganj Kanpur Bridge Left Bank Lucknow Charbagh Moradabad Unnao Varanasi Junction

North Central Railway¹	Agra Cantonment Agra City Agra Fort Allahabad Aligarh Bhuteshwar Chakeri Chandari Chunar Etah Etawah Fatehpur Firozabad Govindpuri Hathras Junction Idgah Jhansi Kanpur Central Kanpur Junction Mandhana Mainpuri Mathura Junction Mirzapur Raja ki Mandi Shikohabad Tundla Vrindavan Yamuna Bridge

North Eastern Railway¹	Ghazipur City Gorakhpur Kanpur Anwarganj Manduadih Padrauna

East Central Railway¹	Chandauli Majhwar Dildarnagar Mughalsarai

See also	Delhi & NCR Metro stations

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