Chunar Junction railway station (station code:- CAR) is on the DDU–Kanpur section of the Howrah-New Delhi Main Line. A single electrified line goes for

Chopan Chopan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sonbhadra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated on the Sone River. Chopan Railway station is a junction in Sonbhadra district. Geography Chopan is located at . It has an avera ...

of the

Sonbhadra district Sonbhadra or ''Sonebhadra'' is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. It is the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattishgarh to the south, Jharkhand in th ...

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. It is located in Mirzapur district of the Indian state of

. It serves

Chunar Chunar is a city located in Mirzapur district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is nearby Mirzapur city. The railway tracks passing through Chunar Junction railway station leads to major destinations of India, including Howrah, Delhi, T ...

and the surrounding areas.

History

The Howrah–Delhi line of

East Indian Railway Company The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod ...

was ready up to Naini in 1864 and after the

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was completed through trains started running in 1865–66. The -long

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 ...

Chunar–Chopan line was constructed in 1954.

Electrification

The Dagmagpur–Cheoki section was electrified in 1965–66.

References

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Trains at Chunar
* {{Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh Railway stations in Mirzapur district Allahabad railway division 1864 establishments in India