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Jaunpur Junction (station code JNU), also known as Bhandariya railway station is a railway station in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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°46′N 82°41′E / 25.76°N 82.69°E | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | JNU | ||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Lucknow NR | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1872 (Oudh & Rohilkund Railway opened line from Benaras to Lucknow) 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.
History
editThe Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway opened the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad-gauge line from Varanasi to Lucknow in 1872. The line was extended to Faizabad with the Faizabad loop. Then Jaunpur Junction was built.
The Curzon Bridge across the Ganges was opened in 1905 by the East Indian Railway Company and the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad-gauge Allahabad–Faizabad line was possibly opened the same year. It was operated by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.