Burhanpur railway station is a main railway station in Burhanpur district,

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. Its code is BAU. It serves

Burhanpur Burhanpur'' is a historical city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District. It is situated on the north bank of the Tapti River and northeast of city of Mumbai, southwest of the state's capi ...

city. The station consists of two platforms.

Popular culture

Indian-born Australian author Saroo Brierley became separated from his brother at this station after falling asleep on a decommissioned train heading to

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

, leading to a 25-year separation from his family. Brierley was later able to find his hometown and reunite with his mother by identifying the station on Google Earth, the subject of his book ''A Long Way Home'' and the 2016 film '' Lion''.

Major trains

Some of the important trains that runs from Burhanpur are: *

Sachkhand Express The 12715 / 12716 Sachkhand Express is Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast train operated by Indian Railways on a daily basis between the cities of Huzur Sahib Nanded in Maharashtra to Amritsar in Punjab, India, Punjab. This train li ...

Dadadham Intercity Express The 22111 / 12 Dadadham Intercity Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Indian Railways Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22111 from to and as train number 22112 i ...

* Kolkata Mail *

Mangala Lakshadweep Express The Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express is a Superfast train in India that runs between in Delhi and in Kochi, Kerala via the Konkan Railway route. It is operated by Southern Railway with 12617 / 12618 train numbers. In 1973, the earl ...

* Pune–Danapur Superfast Express * Punjab Mail *

Karnataka Express The 12627/12628 ''Karnataka Express'' is a daily Superfast train that runs between Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, and the Indian capital New Delhi. History Bangalore was first connected to the north with Kerala - Karnataka (also kno ...

* Lashkar Express *

Bhagalpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express Bhagalpur - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express is a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train of the Indian Railways connecting Lokmanya Tilak Terminus railway station, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Kurla in Maharashtra and B ...

Jhelum Express The 11077 / 11078 Jhelum Express is a daily train on the Indian Railways. It runs from Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra, to Jammu Tawi, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, in North India. The train is strategically important, ...

Mumbai CST–Amritsar Express Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

* Mahanagari Express

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