Padrauna railway station
Regional rail station
General information
Location	Station Road, Padrauna, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	26°53′51″N 83°58′59″E / 26.8975°N 83.9831°E / 26.8975; 83.9831
Elevation	89 metres (292 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Gorakhpur–Thawe
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Connections	Taxi stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	NO
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	POU
Zone(s)	North Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Varanasi
History
Opened	1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Previous names	Bengal and North Western Railway Northern Railway
Location
Padrauna railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Padrauna railway station is on the Gorakhpur–Thawe line. It is about 77 km from Gorakhpur railway station and is situated towards its north-eastern part. It is situated about 20 km from Kushinagar, an international tourist and religious spot for Buddhists. It serves Padrauna city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Railway station

Padrauna railway station is at an elevation of 89 metres (292 ft) and was assigned the code – POU.^[1] Padrauna railway station is one of the important railway station of kushinagar district because of being the district headquarter.

History

Bengal and North Western Railway constructed the 79 mi (127 km) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line from Siwan to Kaptanganj in 1907.^[2]

The Kaptanganj–Thawe section was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2011.^[3]

Passengers

Padrauna railway station handles around 18,000 passengers every day.^[4]