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Mau Junction railway station

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Tracks
  
8

Station code
  
MAU

Platforms in use
  
4

Opened
  
1872

Parking
  
Available

Elevation
  
78 m

Rebuilt
  
1995

Mau Junction railway station

Location
  
Chandpura Station Road, Mau India

Connections
  
Prepaid Auto cum Taxi Stand

Structure type
  
Standard (on ground station)

Address
  
Railway Line Road, Railway Colony, Mau, Uttar Pradesh 275101

Fare zone
  
North Eastern Railway zone

Similar
  
Azamgarh, State Bank of India, Indian Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of India

Mau Junction is located in the city of Mau in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important railway station. It falls on Allahabad-Mau-Gorakhpur Main Line. It is well connected to important cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Pune, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Jaipur, Ranchi, Jaunpur etc. At starting it was a standard gauge line. But in 1992 it converted into Broad Gauge.The present building towards city side was constructed in 1995 during the regime of Kalpnath Rai as a Cabinet Minister in Indian Government. The building is just like copy of Varanasi Junction. In city there are three Rail Over Bridge. In 2015 Railway Budget of India it was decided to improve it as a Terminal Station to avoid rush at Varanasi Junction. Recently Railway Board has decided to establish a new line between Mau Junction to Dildarnagar via Ghazipur. After establishment of this new line Mau will be directly connected to Howrah-Delhi main line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line. Mau is just 93 km away from Varanasi. At Mau Junction good facilities of catering is available. Accident Relief Department also available at Mau Junction.

Passenger amenities

There are 4 platforms. After Aunrihar-Bhatni section and Mau-Shahganj section doubling the number of platforms will be 08. There are two entries at the station one is Station Road Side and other is City Side. Good Rake point also available at Mau Junction but later it will be shifted to Khurhat and rake point will be converted to platforms after development as a Terminal Station.

References

Mau Junction railway station Wikipedia