Tundla Junction railway station

Tundla Junction
Indian Railway Station
Location	Junction Point, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	27°12′28″N 78°14′01″E / 27.2077°N 78.2336°E / 27.2077; 78.2336Coordinates: 27°12′28″N 78°14′01″E / 27.2077°N 78.2336°E / 27.2077; 78.2336
Elevation	166.878 metres (547.50 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Central Railway
Line(s)	Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
Platforms	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	TDL
Division(s)	Allahabad
History
Opened	1866
Previous names	East Indian Railway Company
Location
Tundla railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Railways in Agra
km to Delhi-Agra chord / Yamuna 5 Bilochpura 4 Raja ki Mandi Belaganj Yard 5 Agra City 8 Yamuna Bridge 4 Agra Fort 2 Idgah to Bharatpur and Bayana 0 Agra Cantonment Agra airport to Agra-Bhopal section 12 Chhalesar 16 Kuberpur 23 Etmadpur to Kanpur-Delhi section NH2 27 Tundla to Kanpur-Delhi section Source: Google maps

Tundla Junction is an important rail head in Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Delhi–Kanpur main line. It is located just 25 km from Agra City. Tundla is a technical halt for changing drivers and guards for almost all trains the New Delhi–Mughalsarai / Lucknow sections. The station was built by the Britishers and still remains essentially unchanged. The railway station is a site in itself and takes one back to pre Independence era.

Importance

Tundla Junction is very important rail head for people of Agra and also tourists providing connectivity to the east of the country i.e. Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna etc.

History

• 1972 Electrification from Howrah reaches.
• 29 December 2002: Konkan Railway conducts a trial run of the Madgaon–Roha Express at 150 km/h (briefly touching 165 km/h at times) using a WDP-4 loco. Also in December (confirmation needed) NR is said to have run trials with a WDP-4 hauling at train at up to 180 km/h on the Ghaziabad–Tundla section.
• 13–21 December 2003 : Trials with weak field arrangement for MEMUs on the Tundla–Kanpur section of NCR. With a 'dense crush load' and stopping at all stations, a 4-car MEMU rake could decrease its total running time by 7% with a max. speed of 90 km/h and 10% with a max. speed of 100 km/h on the 228 km section, because of the improved acceleration.

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