Owned by Indian Railways Parking Available Phone 098899 93398 Platforms in use 2 (present) | Structure type Railway station Bicycle facilities Available Owner Indian Railways Tracks 12 | |
Location Govind Nagar, Kanpur, India Line(s) New Delhi→Kanpur→Howrah
Kanpur→Jhansi
Kanpur→Banda Address Govind Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208006 Similar Panki railway station, Unnao Junction railway st, Kanpur Anwarganj railway st, Kanpur Bridge Left Bank rail, Phaphund railway station | ||
Repair govindpuri railway station in kanpur liveuttapradesh
Govindpuri (Hindi:गोविंदपुरी) or Kanpur South is a railway station in Kanpur which caters 50,000 passengers to their destinations. It is second busiest railway station in Kanpur, after Kanpur Central.
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- Repair govindpuri railway station in kanpur liveuttapradesh
- Location
- History
- Future development
- References
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.
Location
It is located near Govind Nagar locality in Kanpur South. A 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. 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 whose timings are not Known
Important trains with no stops
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 got saturated as it caters over 350 trains. It is modelled same as Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi.
The station is ongoing construction of new waiting room, new ticketing room, new platforms and overbridge. The Reservation Room has been constructed and now in use and 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.
Trains towards Jhansi, Mahoba, Banda/Chitrakoot, Etawah and Tundla wil be managed by Kanpur South. ≠≤≥