Kanpur Central

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Kanpur Central
Kanpur Central.jpg
View of Kanpur Central (Cantt. Side)
Location
Street

Cannt Side: Central Station Lane (East), Cantonment side

City Side: Central Station Lane (West), Downtown
City Kanpur
District Kanpur
State Uttar Pradesh
Elevation MSL + 126 m (413 ft)
Station Info & Facilities
Station type Central Station
Structure Standard (on ground station)
Station status Functioning
Other name(s) Cawnpore Barracks
Parking Available
Entrance(s) 2
Baggage check Available
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Connections Prepaid Auto cum Taxi Stand
Operation
Code CNB
Division(s) Allahabad
Zone(s) North Central Railway
Line(s)

New Delhi→Tundla→Kanpur
Kanpur→Allahabad→Howrah
Kanpur→Unnao→Lucknow
Kanpur→Unnao→Rai-Barelli→Allahabad

Kanpur→Unnao→Sitapur→Shahjehanpur
Kanpur→Bhimsen→Jhansi
Kanpur→Bhimsen→Banda
Kanpur→Farrukhabad→Kasganj
Kanpur→Mandhana→Bharmvarat
Platform(s) 15
History
Opened 1930
Former Owner(s) Indian Branch Rly. Co. Northern Railways
Electrified 1972[1] from Howrah
5 August 1976[1] till New Delhi
Traffic
Passengers () 400,000

Coordinates: 26°27′19″N 80°19′44″E / 26.455402°N 80.328925°E / 26.455402; 80.328925

Kanpur Central (Hindi: कानपुर सेंट्रल , Urdu:کانپور مرکزی ) is the major intercity rail station and a commuter rail hub in the Indian city of Kanpur. It is one of the busiest stations in India. The Kanpur Central Railway Station is on the main Howrah - Delhi broad gauge route passing through Uttar Pradesh. The Kanpur Central Station has Route-relay Non-Interlocking System similar to New Delhi Railway Station and has the highest number of rail crossings (54) at its Diamond Crossing. 9 pairs of Rajdhani Express trains, 2 pairs of Shatabdi Express and also 4 pairs of Duronto Express pass through Kanpur Central. The first passenger railway line in North India opened from Allahabad and Kanpur on March 3, 1859. Kanpur Central is the busiest station of North Central Railways as the station records a traffic of more than 1.5 lakh passengers and more than 300 trains passing through here on a daily basis. Kanpur Central is also the main hub for the Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway(MEMU). Erstwhile Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had included Kanpur Central in '50 World-Class Railway Stations' in her budget.

The old Kanpur Junction was built in 1859 when the Allahabad-Kanpur segment was built the old station was upgraded to include various lines. The present station was built in 1928[2], though the imposing building was completed in 1930.

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[edit] Major Features

Foot Over bridge

There are 2 foot-over bridges one called as Howrah Bridge and other named as Delhi bridge. Also the station has one underpass route connecting all the railway platforms.Since the station is enlisted in International Railway station there will be escalators in Kanpur Central soon.

Improvement in the lighting Work

Massive improvement in the lighting work has been taken up. More lighting has been provided in the sub-way have been which connects different platforms. Also the tube lights in the sub-way have been connected with inverter to ensure that there is power at the time of power roasting as well. This will also provide safety to the passengers while using the sub-way to reach a particular platform. New LED neon sign boards with station's name embedded on it are being procured and will be installed on both sides of the railway station soon. Proposal has been sent to provide facade lighting in order to give station building a beautiful look during the night hours.

Availability of Drinking Water

For tackling the water crisis, round the clock water monitoring cell has been brought in the action, wherein senior supervisors of three departments viz mechanical, civil and electrical are manning the platforms to ensure that there is a regular water supply at the platforms and also the water is available in the water tanks of various trains. The grievance cell has been made available to the passengers for getting their complaints registered related to non-availability of drinking water. The maintenance of the existing retiring room and dormitories would be taken up in the next phase. Also, a new platform surface has been made at the platform number one as cracks had developed on the older existing surface.

Passenger Facilitation Center

The passenger facilitation center would provide the passengers with all the necessary help from our railway staff under one roof only like train enquiry, retiring room/dormitory book, wheel chair booking for the handicapped passengers, sale of railway time-table and the platforms tickets. Also, all railway announcements would be made from there only. The central railway station will also have passenger amenity center in which the waiting hall and waiting room, booking office, passenger facilitation center, cloak room, luggage and parcel booking office etc will be there on platform only

Token System for Reservation

Keeping in view the ongoing beautification drive at the Kanpur Central railway station, the railway authorities have launched its token system for passengers. The token reservation system enables the passenger to curtail on the long hours of wait for getting the reservation done.

Coach Induction Units

Four new electronic coach induction units at the platform number one of the Kanpur Central railway station, so that it becomes easy for the passengers to identify their coach when the train halts. The installation of the coach induction units is indeed a part of the ongoing beautification drive at the Kanpur railway station.

[edit] Other Stations Serving Kanpur Metropolitan Region

Station Name Station Code Railway Zone Total Platforms
Govindpuri
(Kanpur South)
GOV
GOY
North Central Railways 2(will be 5)
Kanpur Anwarganj CPA North Eastern Railways 3
Rawatpur RPO North Eastern Railways 1
Kalyanpur KAP North Eastern Railways 1
Mandhana Jn. MDA North Eastern Railways 1
Chobepur CPR North Eastern Railways 1
Shivrajpur SVR North Eastern Railways 1
Bramhavart
(Bithoor)
Defunct North Eastern Railways 2
Panki(Kanpur West) PNK North Central Railways 5
Chakeri CHK North Central Railways 2
Chandari
(Shyam Nagar)
CNBI North Central Railways 2
Kanpur Bridge Left Bank
(Kanpur Shuklaganj)
CPB Northern Railway 3
Bhimsen Jn. BZM - 1
Rooma
(Kanpur East)
- 2
Maharajpur - 1
Bhaupur - 3
Old Kanpur Junction Defunct -
Magarwara - 1
Unnao - 6
Gangaghat - 2
Malwan - 1
Bindki Road - 2
Bilhaur - 2
Fatehpur - 6
Aung - 1

[edit] Routes from Kanpur

  • New Delhi→Tundla→Kanpur
  • Kanpur→Allahabad→Howrah
  • Kanpur→Unnao→Lucknow
  • Kanpur→Unnao→Dalmau→Rai-Barelli→Unchahar→Allahabad
  • Kanpur→Unnao→Balamau→Sitapur→Shahjehanpur
  • Kanpur→Bhimsen→Jhansi
  • Kanpur→Bhimsen→Banda
  • Kanpur→Farrukhabad→Kasganj

[edit] Important Trains originating at Kanpur

Train
Number
Train Name Arrival Departure Destination/
Origin
Days Platform No.
2033 Kanpur Shatabdi Starting Station 06:00 New Delhi Except Sun Platform No.1
2034 Kanpur Shatabdi 20:50 Destination Station New Delhi Except Sun Platform No.
2451 Shram Shakti Express Non Stop Starting Station 23:35 New Delhi Daily Platform No. 4
2452 Shram Shakti Express Non Stop 06:00 Destination Station New Delhi Daily Platform No. 4
2209 Kanpur-Kathgodam Garib Rath Starting Station 06:10 Kathgodam Only Tues Platform No.
2210 Kathgodam-Kanpur Garib Rath 04:30 Destination Station Kathgodam Only Mon Platform No.
2943 Udyog Karmi Express 19:20 Destination Station Valsad, Surat Only Wed Platform No.
2944 Udyog Karmi Express Starting Station 08:00 Valsad, Surat Only Fri Platform No.
2469 Barfani Express Starting Station 17:05 Jammu Tawi Only Wed Platform No.9
] 2470 Barfaani Express 14:50 Destination Station Jammu Tawi Only Tues Platform No.9
4123 Partapgarh-Kanpur Intercity Express 09:35 Destination Station Partapgarh Daily Platform No.5
4124 Kanpur-Partapgarh Intercity Express Starting Station 17:35 Partapgarh Daily Platform No.5
4227 Varuna Intercity Express 11:35 Destination Station Varanasi Except Mon,Thurs Platform No.7
4228 Varuna Intercity Express Starting Station 16:00 Varanasi Except Mon,Thurs Platform No.7
5003 Chauri Chaura Express # 17:00 17:30 Gorakhpur Daily Platform No.3
5004 Chauri Chaura Express # 11:50 12:00 Gorakhpur Daily Platform No.4
5037 Kanpur-Kasganj Express Starting Station 10:45 Kasganj Daily Platform No.9
5038 Kasganj-Kanpur Express 17:40 Destination Station Kasganj Daily Platform No.9
4723 Kalindi Express Starting Station 17:05 Bhiwani Daily Platform No. 9
4724 Kalindi Express 11:10 Destination Station Bhiwani Daily Platform No. 9
8203 Betwa Express 13:05 Destination Station Durg Tues,Sun Platform No.6
8204 Betwa Express Starting Station 18:20 Durg Mon,Wed Platform No.6
8191 Chhapra-Kanpur Express # 09:20 09:35 Chhapra Daily Platform No.
8192 Kanpur-Chhapra Express # 16:40 16:50 Chhapra Daily Platform No.
  • #-starts at Kanpur Anwarganj

[edit] Important Trains passing

Train No. Train Name Arrival Departure Days Platform No.
2003 Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi 16:45 16:50 Daily Platform No. 1
2004 Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi 11:20 11:25 Daily Platform No.
2559 Shiv Ganga Express 01:10 01:15 Daily Platform No.
2560 Shiv Ganga Express 00:50 00:55 Daily Platform No.
4853/63/65 Marudhar Express 01:55 02:00 Daily Platform No.
4854/64/66 Marudhar Express 01:20 01:25 Daily Platform No.
2179 Lucknow-Agra Intercity 17:25 17:30 Daily Platform No.
2180 Agra-Lucknow Intercity 10:05 10:10 Daily Platform No.
2183 Bhopal – Lucknow Express 04:00 04:05 Tues Fri Platform No.
2184 Lucknow - Bhopal Express 00:12 00:20 Thurs,Sun Platform No.
2193 Bhopal - Pratapgarh Express 04:00 04:05 Only Sun Platform No.
2194 Pratapgarh-Bhopal 00:12 00:20 Only Tues Platform No.
2417 Prayagraj Express 00:05 00:15 Daily Platform No.
2418 Prayagraj Express 03:25 03:30 Daily Platform No.
2419 Gomti Express 06:55 07:00 Daily Platform No.
2420 Gomti Express 19:45 19:55 Daily Platform No.
2511 Rapti Sagar Express 13:17 13:22 Thurs,Fri,Sun Platform No.
2521 Rapti Sagar Express 13:17 13:22 Only Tues Platform No.
2541 Gorakhpur-LTT Express 05:25 05:35 Daily Platform No.
2542 LTT-Gorakhpur Express 09:45 09:55 Daily Platform No.

[edit] Rajdhani at Glance at Kanpur Central

9 pairs of Rajdhani Express at Kanpur Central.

Train No. Train Name Arrival Departure Days Platform No.
2301–2302 Howrah Rajdhani Except Sun Platform No.
2305–2306 Howrah Rajdhani Only Sun Platform No.
2309–2310 Patna Rajdhani Express Daily Platform No.
2313–2314 Sealdah Rajdhani Express Daily Platform No.
2421–2422 Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express Platform No.
2423–2424 Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express Except Sun Platform No.
2439–2440 Ranchi Rajdhani Express Platform No.
2443–2444 Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express Platform No.
2453–2454 Ranchi Rajdhani Express Platform No.

[edit] Garib Rath at Glance at Kanpur Central

6 pairs of Garib Rath Express at Kanpur Central.

Train No. Train Name Arrival Departure Days Platform No.
2209 Kanpur-Kathgodam Garib Rath Starting Station 06:10 Only Tues Platform No.
2210 Kathgodam-Kanpur Garib Rath 04:30 Destination Station Only Mon Platform No.
2535–2536 Lucknow-Raipur Garib Rath - - - Platform No.
2353–2354 New Delhi-Patna Garib Rath - - - Platform No.
2569–2570 New Delhi-Jaynagar Garib Rath - - - Platform No.
2877–2878 New Delhi-Ranchi Garib Rath - - - Platform No.

[edit] Trains with Technicals Stops only (no Commercial Stops)

No tickets can be bought or reserved for below trans from Kanpur Central. These trains stops Kanpur Central for technical reasons i.e. for changing drivers,guards etc.

Train No. Train Name Arrival Departure Days
2259
2260
Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express - - Thurs,Sat
Mon,Fri
2275
2276
Allahabad-New Delhi Duronto Express - - Tues,Thurs,Sat
Wed,Fri,Sun
2367–2368 Vikramshila Express - - Daily
2387–2388 Jan Sadharan Express - - Daily
2393–2394 Sampoorna Kranti Express - - Daily

[edit] Gallery of the Railway Station

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#hist
  2. ^ http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html
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