Domingarh railway station
Domingarh डोमिनगद | |
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Regional rail and Light rail station | |
General information | |
Location | Surajkund, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh India |
Coordinates | 20°45′40″N 66°59′32″E / 20.7611°N 66.9921°E |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Line(s) | Gorakhpur-Lucknow Lucknow-Varanasi |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 4 |
Construction | |
Structure type | standard on ground station |
Parking | Available |
Other information | |
Station code | DMG |
History | |
Opened | 1995 |
Electrified | Yes |
Domingarh railway station is located in the city of Gorakhpur Surajkund in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was originally constructed in 1995. it serves the demand of local passengers on this route of North Eastern Railway.
The station offers Class B railway station facilities. The station located at 6 km from Gorakhpur. It is among one of the ten railway station of Gorakhpur and also the third largest among them. Now after electrification of Gorakhpur - Gonda - Lucknow section Railway Board announce that station must need remodeling to decrease the high load of trains at Gorakhpur Junction.
History
The 136-mile (219 km) metre gauge Gorakhpur-Gonda Loop, running between Gorakhpur and Gonda, was constructed by North Eastern Railway between 1979 and 1995.
Passenger movement
Domingarh is amongst top five hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[1] in nearby future it become able to handed most trains of Gorakhpur according to Railway Board and North Eastern Railway. At firstly Domingarh station hold passenger trains only and after that Express trains which are currently running from Gorakhpur Railway Station among all of them some are expected to run from Domingarh after receaving budget for this from Railway Board.
See also
- Gorakhpur
- Gorakhpur Junction railway station
- Lucknow Junction railway station
- Purvanchal
- Gorakhpur Cantonment railway station
References
- ^ "Indian Railway Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for the top two hundred Booking Station of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 20 June 2010.