Tundla Junction railway station explained

Tundla Junction Railway Station
Type: Indian Railway Station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Junction Point, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh
Country:India
Elevation:166.878m (547.5feet)
Line:Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Tundla-Agra line
Structure:Standard on ground
Platform:7
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:yes
Opened:1866
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:North Central Railway
Status:Functioning
Former:East Indian Railway Company
Map Type:India Uttar Pradesh#India
Map Dot Label:Tundla

Tundla Junction is an important station in Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the DelhiHowrah main line 25 km from Agra City. Tundla is a technical halt for changing drivers and guards for almost all of the trains on the New Delhi–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar / Lucknow sections. The station was built by the British and remains essentially unchanged. The railway station is a site in itself and takes one back to the pre-independence era.

Tundla Junction is important for the people of Agra and for tourists providing connections to the east of the country, i.e. Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna etc., and especially to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.It has connections to Agra Cantonment, Badaun, Bareilly Junction, Etawah, Aligarh Junction, Phaphund, Kanpur Central railway station etc.

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