Kanpur Anwarganj
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	NH 91, Anwarganj Station Lane, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh India
Elevation	126 metres (413 ft)
Line(s)	Kanpur–Mathura
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Taxi stand/Anwarganj station KMBS City Bus Stop
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	CPA
Zone(s)	North Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Allahabad
History
Opened	1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Electrified	January 2009; 15 years ago (2009-01)
Previous names	Indian Branch Rly. Co. Northern Railways
Passengers
50,000

26°27′19″N 80°19′44″E / 26.455402°N 80.328925°E / 26.455402; 80.328925

Kanpur Anwarganj is the second-largest railway station in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Structure and layout

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 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.

Services

Kanpur Anwarganj serves trains of Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway to reduce pressure on Kanpur Central. Around 45 trains pass through the station.^[1] Some MEMU trains start from here.^[2] 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 stations on the route to Rajasthan and Eastern India.^{[citation needed]}

Trains originating