Jaunpur Junction railway station

Jaunpur Junction (station code JNU), also known as Bhandariya railway station is a railway station in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Jaunpur Junction
Regional rail and Light rail station
DMU train ready going for Kerakat side
LocationJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
India
Coordinates25.76°N 82.69°E / 25.76; 82.69
Owned byIndian Railways
Line(s)Varanasi–Jaunpur–Faizabad–Lucknow line
Aunrihar–Kerakat–Jaunpur line
Jaunpur–Allahabad Line
Jaunpur–Sultanpur line
Jaunpur Janghai Pratapgarh line
Jaunpur Shahganj Azamgarh Mau line
Platforms5 (functional) +1 (construction)
Tracks10
ConnectionsBus stand, Taxi stand, Auto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard ground-level station
Other information
Station codeJNU
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone
Division(s) Lucknow NR
History
Opened1872 (1872) (Oudh & Rohilkund Railway opened line from Benaras to Lucknow)
1904 (1904) (Bengal And North Western Railway opened line from Aunrihar to Jaunpur Via Kerakat)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
20000
Services
Location
Jaunpur Junction railway station
Location within Uttar Pradesh

The station is part of the Northern Railway Lucknow Division and the Varanasi–Lucknow line via Jaunpur-Faizabad.

It is also part of the Allahabad–Jaunpur line and Aunrihar–Kerakat–Jaunpur line

  • Jaunpur Faizabad
  • Jaunpur Sultanpur
  • Jaunpur Pratapgarh
  • Jaunpur Varanasi
  • Jaunpur Ghazipur
  • Jaunpur Azamgarh This station is an Adarsh category in Northern Railway. This station is situated in northeast Jaunpur.

Nearby stations include Jaunpur City (JOP) and Zafarabad Junction (ZBD).

Jaunpur junction is a medium-revenue station, serving over 20,000 passengers and over 60 trains on a daily basis. It is under the administrative control of the Northern Railway zone's {{Lucknow railway division]], and partially of the North Eastern Railway zone's Varanasi railway division.

Jaunpur Junction is well connected with many important cultural cites such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, Jammu, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Guwahati, Raipur, Rameswaram, Haridwar, Tiruchirappalli, Indore, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi, Nagpur, Mathura, Vijayawada, Agra, Durg etc.

History

The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway opened the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad-gauge line from Varanasi to Lucknow in 1872. The line was extended to Faizabad with the Faizabad loop. Then Jaunpur Junction was built.

The Curzon Bridge across the Ganges was opened in 1905 by the East Indian Railway Company and the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad-gauge Allahabad–Faizabad line was possibly opened the same year. It was operated by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.

See also

References

    • "Departures from JNU/Jaunpur Junction". IndiaRailInfo.
    • http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html
    • http://management.ebooks6.com/download.php?id=23852%5B%5D
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