Aishbagh railway station
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Aishbagh Junction Railway Station
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| Location | Aishbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates | 26°49′55″N 80°55′08″E / 26.832°N 80.919°ECoordinates: 26°49′55″N 80°55′08″E / 26.832°N 80.919°E |
| Elevation | 123.500 metres (405.18 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Line(s) | Aishbagh- lucknow junction line Aishbagh-manak nagar- kanpur line Aishbagh-Sitapur cantt line aishbagh-shahjahanpur-delhi line Aishbagh-hardoi line Aishbagh-Gonda-Balrampur Aishbagh-barabanki-Faizabad line Lucknow-gonda main line |
| Platforms | 5 (2 under construction) |
| Tracks | 2 (8 under construction) |
| Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard on-ground station |
| Parking | Available |
| Bicycle facilities | Available |
| Disabled access | Lucknow NER |
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| Station code | ASH |
| Fare zone | North Eastern Railway, Lucknow NER railway division |
| History | |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Previous names | Izzatnagar Railway / East Indian Railway Company |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 15,000 |
Aishbagh Junction is the third largest railway station of Lucknow, India. It is located in the North Eastern Railway zone.
Until May 2016 this station used to serve the 130 years old metre gauge railway network, and used to act as a terminal for it. On 15 May 2016 the gauge conversion process started in which the Aishbagh – Sitapur section is being upgraded to broad gauge.
Before the gauge conversion Aishbagh Junction had five platforms. Their number will be increased to seven after completion of the gauge conversion. After GC process this station will be originating/terminating point for many north, northwest and northeast bound trains. Many Delhi and Izzat nagar bound trains will start from here. Station will also be provided with a loop line to bypass the trains which are not having a stop here. Other than this Transport nagar, Gomti nagar, Utrahtia Jn and Daliganj Jn will be developed as satellite stations to pick the traffic pressure off charbagh, Lucknow junction and Badshah nagar railway stations. Right now Charbagh, Lucknow junction, Daliganj junction Gomti nagar railway stations are originating/terminating railway stations in lucknow.
before gauge coversion, a total of 22 trains originated and terminated at Aishbagh Junction. Although all meter gauge trains are now cancelled since gauge conversion . It is planned to run all these trains again as broad gauge trains.
this project was started on 1 May along with gauge conversion from meter to broad from very same station to pilibhit. In this project railway will develop this station as terminal for many northwest and north bound trains(from Delhi, sitapur, pilibhit, tanakpur, shahjahanpur, behraich, mailani, lalkuan, kathgodam. Seven platforms are under construction with a washing pit line and loop line along with an entirely new large station building and dual entrance.
This project started on 15 May 2016 . Under this project meter gauge lines from lucknow to Tanakpur will be converted to broad gauge under three phases, where first phase will be finished by March 2017.
under this project a one kilometer rail track will be constructed from Aishbagh station to Manak nagar through RDSO area of the city so that long distance trains fro Gorakhpur will directly pass from Aishbagh to Manak nagar without going to Lucknow Junction and thus avoiding the time loss in engine reversal.
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