Elevation 122 m Platforms in use 4 | Tracks 10 Opened 1 April 1872 | |
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Structure type Standard (on ground station) Similar Yatra Com, Northern Railway Office, Daliganj Jn, State Bank of India - Barabank, Chaudhary Charan Singh Int | ||
Barabanki Junction (Hindi: बाराबंकी जंक्शन) or Barabanki station is the intercity rail station and a commuter rail hub in the Indian city of Barabanki. It has been important junction since British days. In its category it is one of the most busiest stations in India. The Barabanki Junction Railway Station is on the Delhi-Gorakhpur broad gauge route in Uttar Pradesh. Barabanki Junction is also the main hub for the Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway. Barabanki railway station lies in the zone of highest density stations.
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History
The station became operational on 1 April 1872 with the opening of Burhwal-Barabanki section. It got connected to Lucknow on 24 November 1896 with the opening of Daliganj-Barabanki section. The station underwent major renovation in 1940s.
Of the 301 miles of the Bengal and North Western Railway main line was 17 miles consisting of following section which was used to connect Barabanki from Burhwal:
18 miles of the Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway which was later renamed as Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway, was used to connect Barabanki from Daliganj:
In 1981 Railway Budget two enhancements related to Barabanki were proposed:
Electrification
Electrification of tracks at Barabanki Jn took place in two phases spread across span of almost ten years.
Phase I
Phase I of electrification of tracks passing through Barabanki Jn took place in 2002-03 in two steps,
Electrification of tracks between Safedabad railway station and Barabanki Jn was completed on 29 September 2002.
Electrification of tracks at Barabanki Yard was completed on 29 March 2003.
Phase II
Phase II of electrification of 30 km of tracks from Barabanki Jn to Burhwal Jn (section of Gorakhpur-Lucknow route) took place in 2010-11 and got completed in May 2011.
Goods Yard
Barabanki station have two yards one at Faizabad route side and other at Gorakhpur route side. This yard used for load and unload purpose of commodities mainly coal, fertilizer, cement, stone, food grains etc.
Routes from Barabanki Junction
Trains passing through Barabanki Junction
Daily 125 trains pass through Barabanki Junction. Normally around six thousand passengers pass through this railway station, this number can be higher on special occasions e.g. during season of Kumbh Mela 2013, on 7, 8 and 9 February 2013, 8500, 8700 and 8000 passengers travelled from Barabanki to Lucknow railway station to catch trains for Allahabad as there is no direct train from Barabanki to Allahabad.