Bareilly Junction railway station

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Bareilly Junction
Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Commuter rail, Regional rail
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Main entrance of Bareilly Junction
General information
Location Civil Lines, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh,
Flag of India.svg India
Coordinates 28°20′13″N79°24′39″E / 28.3369682°N 79.410857°E / 28.3369682; 79.410857
Elevation174 metres (571 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northern Railways,
North Eastern Railways
Line(s)
Platforms4 + 2 (Proposed 3 More)
Tracks10
ConnectionsCentral Bus Station, Taxi stand, Auto stand
Construction
Structure type At grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg Available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBE
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone,
North Eastern Railway zone
Division(s) Moradabad,
Izzatnagar
History
Opened1872;153 years ago (1872)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
202456,27,598
Location
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Bareilly Junction
Location within Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly Junction railway station

Bareilly Junction railway station (station code:- BE, BRY) is a railway station serving Bareilly city in Uttar Pradesh. It is an important station as well as the headquarters of Izzatnagar railway division of the North Eastern Railway zone & Moradabad railway division of the Northern Railway zone. [1] [2] [3] It lies on Lucknow–Moradabad line and Lucknow-Sitapur-Lakhimpur-Pilibhit-Bareilly-Kasganj Line provides a stop for most trains passing through. Bareilly Junction used to serve both broad and metre gauge, Bareilly Junction was connected to Lucknow by both Broad Gauge and Meter Gauge, Broad Gauge was connected to Lucknow via Tilhar, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi. On the other hand Meter Gauge was connected to Lucknow via Pilibhit-Mailani-Lakhimpur-Sitapur, but now the metre gauge is converted into broad gauge. [4] [5] [6]

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History

After the British Indian Government purchased the Indian Branch Railway on 31 March 1872, and renamed the Lucknow–Kanpur main line as the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, railway services started to expand towards the west of Lucknow. The construction of a railway line from Lucknow to Sandila and then further onwards to Hardoi was completed in 1872. [7] This line was further extended to Bareilly on 1 November 1873. [7] Prior to that, another railway line connecting Moradabad to Chandausi had already been built in 1872; it too was extended to Bareilly, the construction completed on 22 December 1873. [7]

A new railway line connecting Bareilly and Moradabad via Rampur, called the Bareilly–Moradabad Chord, was approved on 4 December 1891, and was completed by 8 June 1894. [7] On 8 December 1894, the main line was officially diverted to this chord, while the older line was renamed the Chandausi loop. [7]

Connectivity

Bareilly railway station is well connected to Lucknow, Delhi, Jammu, Amritsar, Ambala, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Ludhiana, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Dhanbad, Mau, Ghazipur, Howrah, Guwahati, Patna, Agra, Aligarh, Moradabad, Badaun, Dehradun, Allahabad, Kathgodam, Mumbai, Ahmedabad Surat Indore Bhopal

Electric Bus

City Electric buses are also started in the city. Initially 6 buses started on 3 Major routs on 6 Feb, 2022. Now 13 buses out of 25 buses are in operation on 5 routs. Faridpur and Bhojipura are connected with this service.

Metro

The station is also proposed as an intersection for the planned Bareilly Metro routes and a terminal station for Yellow line.[ citation needed ]

LineFirst operationalStationsLength
(km)		Terminals
  Yellow linePlanned2021.54Bareilly JunctionBhojipura Central

Industry

Bareilly is the 50th Major city in India and 8th in Uttar Pradesh. It has many large industries, which are providing jobs in large scale in the city. B.L.Agro Industries Ltd., Raama Shyama Paper Industries, Amar Alum & Allied Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Amar Narayan Industries Pvt. Ltd. are the major industries of the city. In which Amar Alum & Allied Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. is India's largest Alum Manufacturer.

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References

  1. ↑ Northeastern Railway
  2. ↑ Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways. New Delhi: National Book Trust. p. 37. ISBN   8123725892.
  3. ↑ "Chapter 1 – Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background". Ministry of Railways website. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Bareilly Jn Trains, Bareilly Jn Railway Timetable". www.ndiantrains.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Meerut City-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express". indiarailinfo. 7 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Mumbai LTT Bareilly Express". indiarailinfo.
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