Govindpuri railway station

Govindpuri Junction or Kanpur South is a railway station in Kanpur which caters 650,000 passengers to their destinations. It is the third busiest railway station in Kanpur followed by Kanpur Central. On International Women's Day, 2018 Govindpuri became the first railway station in North Central Railway with all-women staff.

Govindpuri Junction


Kanpur South
Indian Railways station
General information
LocationGovind Nagar, Kanpur, India
Coordinates26.4538°N 80.3136°E / 26.4538; 80.3136
Owned byIndian Railways
Line(s)New Delhi→KanpurHowrah

KanpurJhansi

KanpurBanda
Platforms3 (present,10 under construction)
Tracks22
Construction
Structure typeRailway station
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeGOY
Zone(s) kanpur central
Division(s) kanpur central
Fare zoneNorth Central Railways
History
Opened1921
Rebuilt2016
Electrified2002
Previous namesIndian Branch Railway Company
Northern Railway
Passengers
650000
Services
ATM
Location
Govindpuri Junction
Location within India
Govindpuri Junction
Govindpuri Junction (Uttar Pradesh)

Strictly speaking by definition, it is the junction where Jhansi/Banda line is separated from Delhi–Howrah Line; however, it is not granted junction status yet due to which it has two station codes, GOV and GOY. There are ten platforms under construction to reduce load from Kanpur Central so that 256 more trains that can't be handled by other stations due to the lack of tracks and platforms will given to kanpur central as it is being rebuilt to cater 1200 trains per day and currently it is catering 611 trains.

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