Kanpur Anwarganj railway station

Kanpur Anwarganj Cawnpore Anwarganj
Indian Railway Station Railway Station
Location	NH 91, Anwarganj Street, Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India
Elevation	126.000 metres (413.386 ft)
Line(s)	Kanpur-Mathura
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	taxi stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	available
Other information
Status	functioning
Station code	CPA
Zone(s)	North Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Izzatnagar railway division
History
Opened	1896
Electrified	January 2009
Previous names	Indian Branch Rly. Co. Northern Railways

Kanpur Anwarganj is a railway station in Kanpur. It is the second largest station in Kanpur after Kanpur Central. It has three platforms. It was constructed during the British Raj. It has one big clock on its main building. It is on the Farrukhabad-Kanpur line. Until 2006 it was a metre gauge station. In 2006 Railway Minister Sri Lalu Prasad Yadav reopened the line as a broad gauge railway line towards Lucknow. The first station superintendent was Mr. V.N. Pandey. In 2008 a broad gauge line opened towards Mathura too.

Kanpur Anwarganj serves trains of Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway to reduce pressure on Kanpur Central. Some MEMU trains start from here. Kanpur Anwarganj is now linked with some new stations like New Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Jaipur, Gorakhpur, Chapra, Patna, Kolkata, etc. Now Kanpur Anwarganj is one of the main railway station on the route to Rajasthan and Eastern India.

Trains originating at Kanpur Anwarganj

Train Number	Train Name	Arrival	Departure	Destination/ Origin	Days	Platform No.
5003	Chauri Chaura Express	—	16:45	Gorakhpur	Daily	Platform No.1
5004	Chauri Chaura Express	12:10	—	Gorakhpur Junction	Daily	Platform No.1
8191	Utsarg Express	09:45	—	Chhapra	Daily	Platform No.3
8192	Utsarg Express	—	16:25	Chhapra	Daily	Platform No.3

Important Trains passing from Kanpur Anwarganj

Train No.	Train Name	Arrival	Departure	Days	Platform No.
5037	Kanpur-Farrukhabad Express	10:55	11:05	Daily	Platform No.2
5038	Farrukhabad-Kanpur Express	17:25	17:30	Daily	Platform No.2
4723	Kanpur-Bhiwani ]Kalindi Express	17:15	17:25	Daily	Platform No.2
4724	Bhiwani-Kanpur Kalindi Express	11:00	10:55	Daily	Platform No.1
15037	Kanpur-Kasganj Express	10:45	10:55	Daily	Platform No.3
15038	Kasganj-Kanpur Express	17:25	17:35	Daily	Platform No.3
19402	Lucknow Junction-Ahemadabad Express	00:55	01:00	Wednesday	Platform No.2
19022	Lucknow Jn-Bandra T Express	02:00	02:05	Monday	Platform No.2
19710	Kamakhya-Jaipur Kavi Express	04:45	04:52	Saturday	Platform No.3
14152	Anand Vihar T- Kanpur Central Express	07:10	07:15	Saturday	Platform No.1
22444	Bandra T- Kanpur Central Express	08:20	08:25	Saturday	Platform No.1

See also

• Kanpur Central
• Govindpuri
• Chandari
• Panki
• Chakeri
• Mandhana
• Kalyanpur
• Rawatpur
• Kanpur Bridge Left Bank
• Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway