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Jaunpur Junction railway station
Railway station in Uttar Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaunpur Junction (station code JNU), also known as Bhandariya railway station is a railway station in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Jaunpur Junction | |||||
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Regional rail and Light rail station | |||||
![]() Electrified Jaunpur Junction | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India India | ||||
Coordinates | 25.76°N 82.69°E / 25.76; 82.69 | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Line(s) | Varanasi–Jaunpur–Ayodhya–Lucknow line Aunrihar–Kerakat–Jaunpur line Jaunpur–Prayagraj Line Jaunpur–Sultanpur line Jaunpur Janghai Pratapgarh line Jaunpur Shahganj Azamgarh Mau line | ||||
Platforms | 5 (functional) +1 (construction) | ||||
Tracks | 10 | ||||
Connections | Bus stand, Taxi stand, Auto stand | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard ground-level station | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Active | ||||
Station code | JNU | ||||
Zone(s) | Northern Railway zone | ||||
Division(s) | Lucknow NR | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1872; 152 years ago (1872) (Oudh & Rohilkund Railway opened line from Benaras to Lucknow) 1904; 120 years ago (1904) (Bengal And North Western Railway opened line from Aunrihar to Jaunpur Via Kerakat) | ||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||
Passengers | |||||
20000 | |||||
Services | |||||
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The station is part of the Northern Railway Lucknow Division and the Varanasi–Lucknow line via Jaunpur-Ayodhya.
It is also part of the Prayagraj–Jaunpur line and Aunrihar–Kerakat–Jaunpur line
- Jaunpur - Ayodhya
- Jaunpur - Sultanpur
- Jaunpur - Pratapgarh
- Jaunpur - Varanasi
- Jaunpur - Ghazipur
- Jaunpur - Azamgarh
This station is an Adarsh category in Northern Railway. This station is situated in northeast Jaunpur.
Nearby stations include Jaunpur City (JOP) and Zafarabad Junction (ZBD).
Jaunpur junction is a medium-revenue station, serving over 20,000 passengers and over 60 trains on a daily basis. It is under the administrative control of the Northern Railway zone's Lucknow railway division, and partially of the North Eastern Railway zone's Varanasi railway division.
Jaunpur Junction is well connected with many important cultural cites such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, Jammu, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Guwahati, Raipur, Rameswaram, Haridwar, Tiruchirappalli, Indore, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi, Nagpur, Mathura, Vijayawada, Agra, Durg etc. The station has 1 Overpass and 1 underpass facility. It also has multi facilities like unreserved class people waiting hall, SBI Bank, Public Library, Post Office, Police Station and Snack corners.