Padrauna railway station is on the

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– Thawe line. It is about 77 km from

Gorakhpur railway station Gorakhpur Junction railway station (station code:GKP) is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has the world's second longest railway platform after Hubli Junction railway station. It serves as the headquart ...

and is situated towards its north-eastern part. It is situated about 20 km from

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, an international tourist and religious spot for Buddhists. It serves

Padrauna Padrauna is a city and headquarter of Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the place where Rama spent a few days of his life. After passing from Padrauna, Rama reached at Ramkola where he made a hut with his wife Sita ...

city in the Indian state of

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Railway station

Padrauna railway station is at an elevation of and was assigned the code – POU. Padrauna railway station is one of the important railway station of kushinagar district because of being the district headquarter.

History

Bengal and North Western Railway constructed the long -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 from Siwan to Kaptanganj in 1907. The Kaptanganj–Thawe section was converted to

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 2011.

Passengers

Padrauna railway station handles around 18,000 passengers every day.

References

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Trains at Padrauna
{{Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh Railway stations in Kushinagar district Varanasi railway division Railway stations opened in 1907 1907 establishments in India Padrauna