Kanpur Anwarganj railway station

Kanpur Anwarganj
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	NH 91, Anwarganj Station Lane, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	26°27′19″N80°19′44″E / 26.455402°N 80.328925°E / 26.455402; 80.328925
Elevation	126 metres (413 ft)
Line(s)	Kanpur–Mathura
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Taxi stand/Anwarganj station KMBS City Bus Stop
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	CPA
Zone(s)	North Central Railway
Division(s)	Allahabad
History
Opened	1896;129 years ago (1896)
Electrified	January 2009;16 years ago (2009-01)
Previous names	Indian Branch Rly. Co. Northern Railways
Passengers
50,000

Kanpur Anwarganj is the second-largest railway station in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Structure and layout

It has three platforms. It was constructed during the British Raj. It has one big clock on its main building. It is on the Farrukhabad–Kanpur line. Until 2006 it was a metre-gauge station. In 2006 Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav reopened the line as a broad-gauge railway line towards Lucknow. The first station superintendent was Mr. V.N. Pandey. In 2008 a broad-gauge line opened towards Mathura too.

Services

Kanpur Anwarganj serves trains of Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway to reduce pressure on Kanpur Central. Around 45 trains pass through the station. ^[1] Some MEMU trains start from here. ^[2] Kanpur Anwarganj is now linked with some new stations like New Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Jaipur, Gorakhpur, Chapra, Patna, Kolkata, etc. Now Kanpur Anwarganj is one of the main railway stations on the route to Rajasthan and Eastern India.^{[ citation needed ]}

Trains originating

Train number	Train name	Arrival	Departure	Destination/ Origin	Days	Platform no.
5003	Chauri Chaura Express	—	16:45	Gorakhpur	Daily	1
5004	Chauri Chaura Express	12:10	—	Gorakhpur Junction	Daily	1
8191	Utsarg Express	09:45	—	Chhapra	Daily	3
8192	Utsarg Express	—	16:25	Chhapra	Daily	3

See also

• Kanpur Central
• Kanpur Bridge Left Bank
• Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway

References

1. "Kanpur Anwarganj Railway Station Trains Schedule". Goibibo. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
2. "Yahoo Search - Web Search".