Kanpur Central (formerly known as Cawnpore North Barracks, station code: CNB) is a central and junction railway station in the city of Kanpur and is one of the five central Indian railway stations. It is third busiest in country after Howrah Jn and New Delhi railway station. It is a major railway station between Howrah Jn and New Delhi. It also holds the record for the largest interlocking route system in the world. All trains passing through this station stop here, including premium trains, and all superfast, mail and passenger trains. The station is a major intercity rail and

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station in the region. Other major railway stations in the city of Kanpur are , Govindpuri Terminal, Panki Dham railway station, Rawatpur railway station,

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Current and future development

Kanpur Central has undergone a beautification and modernisation effort in recent years, especially following the inclusion of the station in the "50 World-Class Railway Stations" budget, which sought to modernise Indian railway stations, by former Minister of Railways

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. These efforts mainly include the improvement of services offered to customers and the redevelopment of existing features, such as the installation of a new platform surface at platform number one. The current phase of development is mainly focused on the cleaning up of the side of the station facing the city, with ₹15 million being budgeted to go towards the project. A food plaza is designated to be built on the second floor and two new car parks are also being proposed. According to a NCR report the station needs at least 10 more platforms to support the ever-increasing passenger amount. At present, the re-modelling work is proceeding very slowly, but senior NCR officials are hopeful of keeping their promises.

Transport

A three-layer underground car park has been proposed as well as the installation of two escalators leading to the footbridges passing over the railway lines. By 2010 a new footbridge was constructed at the west end of the station.

Major trains

Major trains that originate from Kanpur Central are:- *Kanpur Central–New Delhi

Shram Shakti Express The 12451 / 12452 Shram Shakti Express is an Indian Railways ''Superfast'' train which daily runs non-stop overnight between the cities of Kanpur and . It covers the 440 km of distance in 6 hours and has a ''priority advantage'' over other ...

Kanpur–New Delhi Shatabdi Express The 12033 / 12034 Kanpur–New Delhi Shatabdi Express is the Shatabdi train connecting with . The load of passengers in Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express was heavy from . Due to the excessive passenger load on Lucknow Shatabdi from Kanpur Central ...

* Kanpur Central–Anand Vihar Terminal Express * Kanpur Central–Bandra Terminus Weekly Express *

Kanpur Central–Kathgodam Garib Rath Express The 12210 / 09 Kathgodam Kanpur Central Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Express train of the Garib Rath series belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between Kathgodam and Kanpur Central in India. It operates as train ...

* Varanasi–Lucknow Charbagh Varuna Express * Prayag Ghat–Kanpur Intercity Express *

Pratapgarh–Kanpur Intercity Express The 14123/24 Pratapgarh–Kanpur Central Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways North Central Railway zone that runs between Pratapgarh and in India. It operates as train number 14123 from Pratapgarh to and as t ...

Chitrakootdham (Karwi)–Kanpur Intercity Express The 14109 / 10 Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)–Kanpur Central Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways North Central Railway zone that runs between Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) and in India. It operates as train number 14109 fr ...

*Kanpur Central–Bhiwani Junction

Kalindi Express The 14723 / 14724 Kalindi Express is an Express trains in India, Express train by the Indian Railways that connects in Uttar Pradesh to in Haryana. The train running from Bhiwani to Kanpur is numbered 14724 while the train from Kanpur to Bhiw ...

* Kanpur Central–Valsad Udyog Karmi Express *

Kanpur Central–Jammu Tawi Superfast Express Kanpur Central - Jammu Tawi Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train of the Indian Railways connecting Kanpur Central in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu Tawi of Jammu and Kashmir. It is currently being operated with 12469/12470 train numbers o ...

Kanpur Central–Amritsar Weekly Express The Kanpur Central–Amritsar Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to North Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22445/22446 train numbers on weekly basis. Service The 22445/Kanpur ...

*Kanpur Central–Durg Junction Betwa Express *Kanpur Central–Balamau Special Express

Electric Loco Shed

Kanpur Loco Shed holds electric locomotives like

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

WAG-7 The Indian locomotive class WAG-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1990 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G ...

WAG-9 The Indian locomotive class WAG-9 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1995 by ABB Group (ABB) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G), 9th generation (9) ...

. It is currently holds 15

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locomotives respectively. File:Kanpur Central station board.jpg, Board of Kanpur Central on Platform 1. File:Platform 1, Kanpur Central, India.jpg, 12273 Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express standing on platform 1 of Kanpur Central. File:Kanpur-Central-railway-station-PF1.jpg

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