Kerakat railway station (KCT) is a passenger rail station serving the town of

Kerakat Kerakat or Kirakat is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of approximately 13,500. It is situated near the Gomati River, which helps the land around the town stay very fertile. Ke ...

and nearby villages. It is situated from . It is very famous and small station of this area. This station has two platforms.

Outline

Kerakat railway station is one of the railway stations on the Jaunpur–Kerakat–Aunrihar line section. The station is situated north side from

Main Market. The station falls under the administration of

Varanasi division Varanasi division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Varanasi is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2018), the division consists of districts of Varanasi, Chandauli, Ghazipur, and ...

North Eastern Railway zone The North Eastern Railway (abbreviated NER) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways in India. It is headquartered at Gorakhpur. Zonal Rail Training Institute (ZRTI) is established in district Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. North Eastern ...

Facilities

There Are Two Plateforms and Four Railway Track,So This Station is Work as Block & Crossing Station. One Footoverbridge, Water Booth,Toilet,Shed,Unreserved Ticket Counter, Vehicle Parking etc. is Also Available.

Trains

# Suhaildev Express #

Barauni–Gondia Express The 15231 / 15232 Barauni–Gondia Express is an express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 15231/15232 train numbers on a daily basis. Service The 15231/Baraun ...

Loknayak Express The Loknayak Express is an Express train belonging to North Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 15115/15116 train numbers on a weekly basis. This train is named after Jayaprakash Narayan ...

# Bandra–Ghazipur Express # Sadbhavna Express # Some other Passenger trains.

History

This station was established on 21 March 1904 when Aunrihar–Kerakat–Jaunpur line was opened under the administration of

Bengal and North Western Railway The Bengal and North Western Railway was owned and worked by the ''Bengal and North Western Railway Company'' (registered 23 October 1882, dissolved October 1946). The Bengal and North Western Railway was merged into the Oudh and Tirhut Railway ...

. The Aunrihar–Kirakat–Jaunpur line was constructed as a -wide

metre-gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

line by the

in 1904. It was converted to -wide

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 ...

in 2010–11 along with basic amenities for the station with additional funds to the tune of from

MPLADS ''Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme'' (MPLADS) is a scheme formulated by Government of India on 23 December 1993 that enables the members of parliaments (MP) to recommend developmental work in their constituencies with an emphas ...

. This Station Rebuilt in 2010-2011 From Meter gauge station to Broad Gauge Station with single line. Now in 2022 old Station building Is Demolished & New Station Building With Double Line Electrified Track Functioning From 23 April 2022

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