Nautanwa railway station is a small railway station in
Maharajganj district
Maharajganj district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, and the town of Maharajganj is the district headquarters. District is a part Gorakhpur division. It is located in Terai regions of Himalayas, bordering Ne ...
,
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 ...
. Its code is NTV. It serves
Nautanwa
Nautanwa is a town and Nagar Palika in Maharajganj district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is about 87 km from Gorakhpur, NH24 and 68km NH730 from Maharajganj and 7 km from Sonauli Indo-Nepal Border.
Geography
Nautanw ...
city. The station consists of two platforms. The platforms are not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.
The station is close to
Lumbini
Lumbinī ( ne, लुम्बिनी, IPA=ˈlumbini , "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mahamayadevi gave birth ...
in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
and it is the last station in India. The two countries have an open border without restrictions on the movement of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
ese and Indian nationals. There is a customs checkpoint for goods and third-country nationals.
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Trains
Some of the trains that run from Nautanwa are:
* Gorakhpur–Nautanwa Passenger
* Durg–Nautanwa Express (via Varanasi)
The 18201/18202 Durg Express is a Express train belonging to South East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways that run between Durg and Nautanwa in India. It operates as train number 18201 from Durg to Nautanwa and as train number 18202 i ...
* Gorakhpur–Nautanwa Express
The Gorakhpur - Nautanwa Express is an Express train belonging to North Eastern Railway zone that runs between Gorakhpur Junction and Nautanwa in India. It is currently being operated with 15019/15020 train numbers on six days in a week basis. ...
* Durg–Nautanwa Express (via Sultanpur)
The 18205 / 18206 Durg–Nautanwa Express is an Express train belonging to the South East Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with train numbers 18205/18206 on a weekly basis.
Service
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References
Railway stations in Maharajganj district
Lucknow NER railway division
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