Kanpur Central is a railway station that is serving to Kanpur city, it is also included in the five central railway stations of India. Kanpur Central is formerly known as Cawnpore North Barracks and it is coded as CNB in the list of Indian Railways. This railway station is the busiest railway station of Indian Railways in terms of passengers i.e. more than 23 lakhs every day, the second busiest in terms of trains frequency i.e. about 611 trains each day passes through this station. There are more than 1580 railway stations in India that directly connected with this station. The railway of Kanpur Central is located at an elevation of about 126 meters above the sea level and it is operated by Indian Railways. The major railway lines that pass through this railway station are Howrah-Delhi, Kanpur-Jhansi-Mumbai, Kanpur-Unnao-Lucknow, Kanpur-Tundla-Agra, Kanpur-Kannauj-Kasganj, and many more others. It is made up of 10 platforms and 14 tracks that handles the burden of trains and passengers on this station. The structure of this station is standard on the ground along with the facilities of parking and disabled access. The current status of this station is that it is functioning, lies in the zone of North Central Railway and in the division of Allahabad. The establishment of this station was happened in 1930 and got electrification in 1972. The previous name of this station was the Indian Branch Railway Company. The facilities available on this station for passengers are retiring rooms, dormitory, wheelchair bookings for handicapped passengers. The major trains that pass through this station are Prayagraj Express, New Delhi- Sealdah AC Duronto Express, Anand Vihar Terminal-Agartala Rajdhani Express, Pratapgarh-Bhopal SF Express. Now we are describing one of the above trains that pass through this station. 12184 Pratapgarh-Bhopal Superfast Express is a superfast train that runs on a weekly frequency. It runs between Bhopal Junction and a neighboring town of Lucknow, Pratapgarh. The coaches of this train is divided into various categories of AC tier 2, AC tier 3, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved and Parcel Van. The average speed of this train is about 68 km/hr from both routes. The major halts of this train are Vidisha, Lalitpur, Rae Bareli Junction, Pratapgarh and many more others.
Lalitpur Junction:- This junction serves the city Lalitpur and its neighboring town Chanderi. It is located at an elevation of about 373 meters above sea level. This station is owned by Indian Railways and operated by North Central Railways. It is made up of 3 platforms and 5 tracks that handles the burden of trains and passengers on this station. It comes in the zone of North Central Railway and in the division of the Jhansi Railway division.
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