Tanakpur railway station is a small railway station in

Champawat district Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters. The district of Champawat constituted in the year 1997. The district is divided into five tehsils: Barakot, Lohag ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

. Its code is TPU. It serves

Tanakpur Tanakpur (Kumaoni: टनकपुर) is a city and a municipal board in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state of India. Located in the plains area in the northern part of India. The town is the gateway for Purnagiri Temple (around 24 ...

city. Tanakpur Now Broad gauge. The platform is well sheltered. It many facilities including water and sanitation. It is the terminus of the line in Eastern Uttarakhand. Due to the steep slope of the line in that region, a train rolled backwards uncontrolled for 35 km after a brake failure, but was stopped at

Khatima Khatima is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Khatima is located at . It has an average elevation of 299 metres (980 feet). Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Khatima had a ...

by putting sand on the tracks.

Major trains

* Tanakpur–Delhi Express (14555) * Tanakpur–Singrauli Triveni Express (15074) * Shaktinagar Terminal–Tanakpur Express (15076) * Tanakpur–Pilibhit Passenger (55372)

References

Railway stations in Champawat district Izzatnagar railway division {{Uttarakhand-railstation-stub