Jaunpur Junction railway station


Jaunpur Junction, also known as Bhandariya railway station is a railway station in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
The station is part of the Northern Railway Lucknow Division and the Varanasi-Lucknow line via Jaunpur-Faizabad.
It is also part of the Allahabad-Jaunpur line and Aunrihar-Kerakat-Jaunpur Line
Nearby stations include Jaunpur City and Zafarabad Junction.
Jaunpur junction is a medium revenue station, serving over 20,000 passengers and over 60 trains on a daily basis. It is under the administrative control of the Northern Railway zone's Lucknow Division, and partially of the North Eastern Railway zone's Varanasi Division.
Jaunpur Junction JNU is well connected with many important cultural cites such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.Jammu Chandigarh Dehradun Jaipur Ahemdabad Bhopal Lucknow Patna Guwahati Raipur Rameshvaram Haridwar Tiruchirapalli Indore Surat Vadodara Vapi Nagpur Mathura Vijayawada Agra Durg Etc.

History

The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway opened the broad gauge line from Varanasi to Lucknow in 1872. The line was extended to Faizabad with the Faizabad Loop. Then Jaunpur Junction was built.
The Curzon Bridge across the Ganges was opened in 1905 by the East Indian Railway Company and the broad gauge Allahabad-Faizabad line was possibly opened the same year. It was operated by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.