Kanpur Central

Kanpur Central Indian Railway Station
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
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 from Howrah 5 August 1976 till New Delhi
Traffic
Passengers ()	400,000

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, though the imposing building was completed in 1930.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Gallery of the Railway Station

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External links

• List of trains stopping at Kanpur Central

See also

• Indian Railways
• Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway
• Kanpur Shatabdi
• Kanpur Anwarganj
• Kanpur South (Govindpuri)
• Kanpur Bridge Left Bank