Owner Indian Railways Platforms in use 5 | Tracks 9 Connection Taxicab stand | |
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Connections Bus Stand, Taxi Stand, Auto Stand Structure type Standard ground-level station Similar Akbarpur Junction railway st, Ayodhya Junction railway st, Faizabad Junction railway st, Goshainganj railway station, Aunrihar Junction railway st | ||
Jaunpur Junction (JNU Station), also known as Bhandariya railway station, is a railway station in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. This station is part of the Northern Railway Lucknow Division and the Varanasi-Lucknow line via Faizabad. It is also part of the Allahabad-Jaunpur line and Aunrihar–Jaunpur line. This Station is an Adarsh Category in Northern Railway. This station is situated in northeast Jaunpur. Nearby stations include Jaunpur City Railway Station (JOP) and Zafarabad Junction (ZBD). Jaunpur junction is a medium revenue station, serving over 16,000 passengers and over 50 trains on a daily basis. It is under the administrative control of the Northern Railway zone's Lucknow Division, and partly of the North Eastern Railway zone's Varanasi Division.
History
The 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.