Chandausi
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Indian Railway Junction Station | ||||||||||||||||
Location | State Highway 43, Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh India |
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Coordinates | 28°27′31″N 78°46′49″E / 28.4586°N 78.7804°ECoordinates: 28°27′31″N 78°46′49″E / 28.4586°N 78.7804°E | |||||||||||||||
Elevation | 193 metres (633 ft) | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Northern Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Lucknow–Moradabad line / Chandausi loop Chandausi-Aligarh line |
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Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Standard on ground | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
Station code | CH | |||||||||||||||
Division(s) | Moradabad | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1872 | |||||||||||||||
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Chandausi railway station is located in Sambhal district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and serves Chandausi. Chandausi Junction Railway Station falls on the Aligarh-Bareilly rail route. It is served by the Northern Railways. The main train connections include Dadar-Bareilly Express, Dehradun-Allahabad Link Express, Muzzaffarpur-Delhi Sadhbhavana Express and Sultanpur-Delhi Sadbhawna express
After connecting Varanasi with Lucknow, the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway started working west of Lucknow and it reached Bareilly in 1873. A line connecting Moradabad to Chandausi was also built in 1872 and it was continued up to Bareilly in 1873. The Bareilly-Moradabad chord was completed in 1894. The former main line became Chandausi Loop and the one via Rampur became main line. It was extended to Shahranpur in 1886. A branch line to Aligarh was opened in 1894.
The survey for railway electrification of the Moradabad-Aligarh line, including the Chandausi-Bareilly sector, was sanctioned in the budget for 2012-13.