Govindpuri railway station

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Govindpuri Junction

Kanpur South
Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways station
General information
LocationGovind Nagar, Kanpur, India
Coordinates 26°27′14″N80°18′49″E / 26.4538°N 80.3136°E / 26.4538; 80.3136
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) New Delhi→Kanpur→Howrah

Kanpur→Jhansi

Kanpur→Banda
Platforms3 (present,10 under construction)
Tracks22
Construction
Structure typeRailway station
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
Other information
Station codeGOY
Zone(s) kanpur central
Division(s) kanpur central
Fare zone North Central Railways
History
Opened1921
Rebuilt2016
Electrified2002
Previous names Indian Branch Railway Company
Northern Railway
Passengers
650000
Services
ATM
Location
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Location within India
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Govindpuri Junction (Uttar Pradesh)

Govindpuri Junction or Kanpur South is a railway station in Kanpur which caters 650,000 passengers to their destinations. It is the third busiest railway station in Kanpur followed by Kanpur Central. On International Women's Day, 2018 Govindpuri became the first railway station in North Central Railway with all-women staff. [1]

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Strictly speaking by definition, it is the junction where Jhansi/Banda line is separated from Delhi–Howrah Line; however, it is not granted junction status yet due to which it has two station codes, GOV and GOY. There are ten platforms under construction to reduce load from Kanpur Central so that 256 more trains that can't be handled by other stations due to the lack of tracks and platforms will given to kanpur central as it is being rebuilt to cater 1200 trains per day and currently it is catering 611 trains.

Location

It is located near Govind Nagar locality in Kanpur South. A pair of rail overbridge is also there (bearing the same name), which remains congested throughout the day.

History

Due to proximity to Juhi yard, the station was called Juhi till the 1970s. [2] Then as urban agglomeration in South Kanpur increased, the station was renamed Govindpuri due to proximity to Govind Nagar, a locality named and inaugurated by Govind Vallabh Pant.

Trains

  • Mahoba-Kanpur Passenger

Trains with no stops

  • Shatabdi Exp.
  • Rajdhani Exp.
  • Duronto Exp.

Future development

However, in next two years, things will change it will become the first halt station in India which will directly turn into Terminal station. Kanpur South The new terminal will help decongest Kanpur Central which has gotten saturated as it caters to over 600 trains. It is modelled same as Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi.

The station is ongoing construction of a new waiting room, a new ticketing room, new platforms and overbridge. The Reservation Room has been constructed and now in use and the older one will be dismantled. The new Platform No. 1 is also under construction which be longer and slightly before than earlier one leaving an extra loop line between Platform no. 1 and Platform no. 2. The older Platform No. 1 will be dismantled.

The width of Platform No. 2 and Platform No. 3 is also been increased.

There are plans to run some express and passengers trains from Govindpuri.[ clarification needed ]

Trains towards Jhansi, Mahoba, Banda/Chitrakoot, Etawah and Tundla will be managed by Kanpur South. [3] [ failed verification ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Govindpuri railway station in Kanpur to have all-women staff from today". 8 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Old Mailing List Archive Index". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Yahoo Search - Web Search".


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