Tundla Junction railway station

Tundla Junction Railway Station
Indian Railway Station
General information
LocationJunction Point, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh
India
Coordinates27°12′28″N 78°14′01″E / 27.2077°N 78.2336°E / 27.2077; 78.2336
Elevation166.878 metres (547.50 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNorth Central Railway
Line(s)Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Tundla-Agra line
Platforms7
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesyes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeTDL
Division(s) Prayagraj
History
Opened1866
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesEast Indian Railway Company
Location
Tundla is located in Uttar Pradesh
Tundla
Tundla
Location in Uttar Pradesh
Tundla is located in India
Tundla
Tundla
Location in India

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.