Varanasi–Lucknow line
| Varanasi–Jaunpur-Faizabad-Lucknow line वाराणसी-फैजाबाद-लखनऊ रेल लाइन including Allahabad–Jaunpur line इलाहाबाद-जौनपुर-अयोध्या रेल लाइन |
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| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Gangetic Plain in Uttar Pradesh |
| Termini |
Varanasi Lucknow |
| Stations |
On Varanasi-Faizabad-Lucknow line Jaunpur Junction, Faizabad Junction and Barabanki Junction On Jaunpur-Allahabad line Mariyahu, Janghai, Phulpur, Phaphamau. |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1872 |
| Owner | Indian Railway |
| Operator(s) |
Northern Railway for main line North Central Railway partially for branch line |
| Depot(s) | Lucknow Alambagh |
| Technical | |
| Track length | Via JNU,FD : 324 km (201 mi) Branch line: Allahabad-Jaunpur 114 km (71 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge Double Broad Gauge Sanctioned |
| Electrification | Main line Sanctioned |
| Operating speed | up to 100 km/h |
| Highest elevation | Varanasi 82 m (269 ft) Lucknow 123 m (404 ft) |
On Varanasi-Faizabad-Lucknow line
Jaunpur Junction, Faizabad Junction and Barabanki Junction
On Jaunpur-Allahabad line
The Varanasi–Jaunpur-Faizabad-Lucknow line (also known as Varanasi-Lucknow Via Faizabad Main line) is a railway line connecting Varanasi and Lucknow, both in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The main line was subsequently extended to Bareilly, Moradabad and Saharanpur and the entire line was thought of as the "main line" of Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway. An important branch line, the Allahabad-Faizabad line, which meets the main line almost at right angles, is included here. The main line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway, a portion of the branch line is under the jurisdiction of North Central Railway.
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway opened the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line from Varanasi to Lucknow in 1872. The line was extended to Faizabad as ‘Faizabad Loop’.
The Curzon Bridge across the Ganges was opened in 1905 by the East Indian Railway Company and the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Allahabad-Faizabad line was possibly opened the same year. It was operated by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.
The loop-line of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway from Benares through Fyzabad to Lucknow tiaverses the Jaunpur District from south to north, while the main line of the same railway crosses the south west corner. A branch from Zafarabad to Phaphamau on the Ganges is under construction ib n 1905, which will give access to Allahabad. Shahganj is connected with Azamgarh, and Jaunpur city with Ghazipur, by branches of the Bengal and North Western Railway.
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