Barabanki Junction or Barabanki station is the

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station and a

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hub in the Indian city of

Barabanki Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...

. It has been important junction since the days of British control of India. In its category it is one of the important stations in NER. The Barabanki Junction railway station is on the Delhi– Basti– Gorakhpur main broad-gauge route in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. Barabanki Junction is also the hub for the Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway. Barabanki railway station lies in the zone of high density stations.

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

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main line was 17 miles consisting of following section which was used to connect Barabanki from Burhwal: * Burwhal–Barabanki line (17 miles) ** Burhwal to Barabanki (

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

) opened 1 April 1872 ** Burhwal to Barabanki (broad to

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) converted 24 November 1896 ** Burhwal to Barabanki (mixed to

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) converted around 1943 18 miles of the Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway which was later renamed as

Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway (C–B) (1943-1953) (earlier called Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway (1894-1943) was a railway in northern India. It was managed as part of the East Indian Railway, and was worked by the Bengal and North Western Railway and ...

, was used to connect Barabanki from Daliganj: * Daliganj–Barabanki line (18 miles) ** Daliganj to Barabanki (metre gauge) opened 24 November 1896 In 1981

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two enhancements related to Barabanki were proposed: * Northern Railway Budget section, ** Barabanki–Lucknow section: additional broad-gauge line and other connected works * North Eastern Railway, ** Barabanki–Samastipur section: conversion of metre-gauge section via Muzzafarpur into broad gauge outside station parking stand.

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, ;Step 1 – Safedabad–Barabanki Electrification of tracks between Safedabad railway station and Barabanki Jn was completed on 29 September 2002. ;Step 2 – Barabanki Yard 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 has 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

* Lucknow Jn → Barabanki Jn → Gonda Jn ( Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway) *

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

→ Barabanki Jn → Faizabad Jn (

) * Barabanki Jn → Barabanki Sugar Mill → Barabanki FCI (

Nawabganj Sugar Factory Railway Nawabganj Sugar Factory Railway was built in 1932-33 to serve the sugar factory at Nawabganj, Barabanki, Nawabganj, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. It was connected to the Bengal and North Western Railway (B&NWR) at Barabanki ...

)

Trains originating & terminating at Barabanki Junction

Total 5 EMUs/DMUs originate from Barabanki Junction railway station, same number of EMUs/DMUs terminate too at the station.

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.

Gallery

Image:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Outside View.jpg, Barabanki Jn railway station outside view Image:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Inside View - Barabanki City Side Entrance & Platform I.jpg, Barabanki Jn railway station inside view of

Barabanki city Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...

side entrance & platform I. Image:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Inside View - Platform II, III, IV & Banki Town Side Entrance.jpg, Barabanki Jn railway station inside view of platform II, III, IV &

Banki town Banki is a town, a nagar panchayat and a block panchayat in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics As of the 2001 Census of India, Banki had a population of 16,997. Males constitute 57% of the population and fe ...

side entrance. Image:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Inside View - Lucknow side Tracks.jpg, Barabanki Jn railway station inside view of Lucknow side tracks. Image:Barabanki-Lucknow MEMU rakes.jpg, View of Barabanki–Lucknow MEMU train at Barabanki Jn railway station's platform II.

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घोषणाओं का पुलिंदा ढो रहा बाराबंकी जंक्शन (in Hindi)
Dainik Jagran, 22 Feb 2012 *

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