Govindpuri Junction Kanpur South | |||||
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 Indian Railways station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Govind Nagar, Kanpur, India | ||||
| Coordinates | 26°27′14″N 80°18′49″E / 26.4538°N 80.3136°E | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Line(s) | New Delhi-Kanpur-Howrah mainline, Kanpur-Jhansi line, Kanpur-Banda line | ||||
| Platforms | 3 (10 under construction) | ||||
| Tracks | 22 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | GOY | ||||
| Zone(s) | North Central Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Prayagraj | ||||
| Fare zone | North Central Railway | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1921 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 2016 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Previous names | Indian Branch Railway Company Northern Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 650000 | |||||
| Services | |||||
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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.[1]
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.