Banaras railway station
BANARAS Manduadih | |||||||
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| General information | |||||||
| Location | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 25°17′5″N 82°58′20″E / 25.28472°N 82.97222°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 80.71 m (264.8 ft) | ||||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | North Eastern Railways | ||||||
| Line | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction – Kanpur section. Prayagraj-Mau-Gorakhpur main line | ||||||
| Platforms | 8 | ||||||
| Tracks | 11 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||
| Accessible | Available | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | BNRS[1] | ||||||
| Zone(s) | North Eastern Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Varanasi | ||||||
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| Electrified | Yes | ||||||
| Previous names | Manduadih railway station | ||||||
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Banaras railway station (station code: BNRS), formerly known as Manduadih railway station,[2] is situated in Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a major station of Varanasi. The new sign boards have the name of the station in Hindi, English, Urdu and Sanskrit. Due to heavy rush at Varanasi Junction, it has been developed as a high facilitated station
History
The Prayagraj–Mau–Gorakhpur main line was constructed as a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1899 and 1913. It was opened as MG (metre-gauge) railway station in 1906. It is now, NSG-3 Class and Adarsh station. It was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 1993–94.[3][4]
Express trains originating from Banaras
Passenger trains originating from Banaras
| Train number | Train name | Origin | Destination |
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| 55122 | Passenger | Banaras | Bhatni |
| 55150 | Passenger | Banaras | Gorakhpur |
| 55125 | Passenger | Banaras | Prayagraj Rambag |
| 55127 | Passenger | Banaras | Prayagraj Rambag |
| 55129 | Passenger | Banaras | Prayagraj Rambag |
| 63230 | Passenger (MEMU) | Banaras | Buxar |
| 75107 | Passenger (DEMU) | Banaras | Prayagraj Rambag |
See also
- Varanasi Junction railway station
- Varanasi City railway station
- Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station
- Kashi railway station
- Kerakat railway station
References
- ^ "Banaras rly station's new code is BNRS".
- ^ "Manduadih becomes 'Banaras': MHA gives nod for name change of major railway station in UP". India Today. No. 17 August 2020. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Indian Railway History – North Eastern Railway" (PDF). Former Bengal & North Western Railway lines. Retrieved 25 January 2014 – via Wordpress.
- ^ "Varanasi Division". North Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
External links
| Preceding station | Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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| Varanasi Junction towards ?
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North Eastern Railway zone Varanasi–Allahabad link
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Bhulanpur towards ?
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