Firozabad railway station
Firozabad railway station | |||||
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Firozabad railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | NH 2, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 27°08′51″N 78°23′13″E / 27.1475°N 78.3869°E | ||||
| Elevation | 163 metres (535 ft) | ||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | North Central Railway | ||||
| Line | Kanpur–Delhi section | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | No | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | FZD | ||||
| Division(s) | Prayagraj | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1865-66 | ||||
| Electrified | 1971–72 | ||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company | ||||
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Firozabad railway station is on the Delhi-kanpur section of Delhi-Howarah Main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. It is located in Firozabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Firozabad.
History
Through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company's Howrah–Delhi line in 1866.[1]
Trains
- 20801/02 Magadh Express
- 19037/38 Avadh Express
- 14217/18 Unchahar Express
- 15483/84 Mahananda Express
- 12311/12 Kalka Mail
- 18101/02 Muri Express
- 12419/20 Gomti Express
- 14163/64 Sangam Express
- 13483/84 Farakka Express (via Faizabad)
- 15707/08 Amrapali Express
- 14723/24 Kalindi Express
- 12875/76 Neelachal Express
- 12395/96 Ziyarat Express
- 18631/32 Ranchi–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express
- 13007/08 Udyan Abha Toofan Express
- 12179/08 Lucknow–Agra Fort Intercity Express
Railway Administration
This section is under the administrative control of a Junior/Senior Scale officer generally designated as Assistant Divisional Engineer headquartered at Firozabad. This section falls under the Prayagraj Division of North Central Railway Zone headquartered at Prayagraj. ADEN/DEN is assisted by a Permanent Way Supervisor and Works Supervisor generally designated as SSE/P-Way or SSE/Works. The maintenance of all the track and works comes under administrative control of ADEN/DEN. Generally a Group-'A' officer of Engineering Services Examination is posted at this post.[2]
The tenures of Various Officers posted as Assistant Divisional Engineer and/or Divisional Engineers at Firozabad is as summarised below:
| S. No. | Name | Post | From (DD-MM-YYYY) | To (DD-MM-YYYY) |
| 1 | Shri N. S. Chouhan | Assistant Engineer | 01-01-1990 | 08-04-1991 |
| 2 | Shri Arvind Kumar Singh | Assistant Engineer | 09-04-1991 | 18-02-1993 |
| 3 | Shri Ravindra Kumar Goyal, IRSE | Assistant Engineer | 19-02-1993 | 28-02-1994 |
| 4 | Shri Ravindra Kumar Goyal, IRSE | Divisional Engineer | 01-03-1994 | 16-07-1994 |
| 5 | Shri Anurag, IRSE | Assistant Engineer | 16-07-1994 | 31-12-1996 |
| 6 | Shri Anurag, IRSE | Divisional Engineer | 31-12-1996 | 14-06-1997 |
| 7 | Shri K. P. Singh | Divisional Engineer | 14-06-1997 | 13-04-1998 |
| 8 | Shri Hirendra Singh Rana, IRSE | Assistant Engineer | 13-04-1998 | 07-02-1999 |
| 9 | Shri Hirendra Singh Rana, IRSE | Divisional Engineer | 08-02-1999 | 21-05-1999 |
| 10 | Shri Anil Kumar | Assistant Engineer | 21-05-1999 | 25-05-2001 |
| 11 | Shri Anil Kumar | Divisional Engineer | 25-05-2001 | 21-02-2002 |
| 12 | Shri Nand Ram, IRSE | Assistant Engineer | 21-02-2002 | 22-02-2002 |
| 13 | Shri Nand Ram, IRSE | Divisional Engineer | 22-02-2002 | 22-06-2002 |
| 14 | Shri Prakash Chandra Vyas | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 22-06-2002 | 20-03-2004 |
| 15 | Shri Neeraj Bhandari, IRSE | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 20-03-2004 | 03-02-2006 |
| 16 | Shri Neeraj Bhandari, IRSE | Divisional Engineer | 04-02-2006 | 21-03-2007 |
| 17 | Shri Aashish Srivastava | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 21-03-2007 | 21-01-2009 |
| 18 | Shri Aashish Srivastava | Divisional Engineer | 22-01-2009 | 02-03-2009 |
| 19 | Shri S. S. Meena | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 02-03-2009 | 24-06-2009 |
| 20 | Shri Shailendra Kumar, IRSE | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 24-06-2009 | 18-10-2011 |
| 21 | Shri Piyush Kumar Mishra, IRSE | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 18-10-2011 | 07-10-2013 |
| 22 | Shri Sudhir Kumar, IRSE | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 07-10-2013 | 18-03-2016 |
| 23 | Shri Sudhir Kumar | Sr. Assistant Divisional Engineer | 18-03-2016 | 20-01-2017 |
| 24 | Shri Saurabh Singh, IRSE | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 20-01-2017 | 13-04-2019 |
| 25 | Shri U.V. Singh Yadav | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 13-04-2019 | 29-04-2022 |
| 26 | Shri Ankit Kumar Shukla, IRSE | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 29-04-2022 | 30-05-2024 |
| 27 | Shri Ankit Kumar Shukla, IRSE | Sr. Assistant Divisional Engineer | 30-05-2024 | 24-10-2024 |
| 28 | Shri Himanshu Shekhar Singh | Assistant Divisional Engineer | 24-10-2024 | Present |
Electrification
The Panki–Tundla sector was electrified in 1971–72.[3]
Amenities
Firozabad railway station has one double-bedded non-AC retiring room.[4] It also has a light refreshment stall and a book stall.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "IR History: Early History (1832-1869)". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ Singh, Saurabh (North Central Railway).
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "North Central Railway: Retiring Room Facilities". Trains Enquiry. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Agra to Firozabad trains". Make my trip. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
External links
| Preceding station | Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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| Hirangaon towards ?
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North Central Railway zone | Makkhanpur towards ?
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