Tundla Junction railway station
Tundla Junction Railway Station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Junction Point, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 27°12′28″N 78°14′01″E / 27.2077°N 78.2336°E | ||||
| Elevation | 166.878 metres (547.50 ft) | ||||
| System |  Indian Railway Station | ||||
| Owner | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operator | North Central Railway | ||||
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| Platforms | 7 | ||||
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Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
Cycle facilities | yes | ||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | TDL | ||||
| Division(s) | Prayagraj | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1866 | ||||
| Former names | East Indian Railway Company | ||||
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Tundla Junction is an important station in the North Central Railway zone, in Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The station code is TDL.
It is located on the Delhi–Howrah main line 25 km from Agra City. Tundla is a technical halt for changing drivers and guards for almost all of the trains on the New Delhi–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar / Lucknow sections. The station was built by the British and remains essentially unchanged. The railway station is a site in itself and takes one back to the pre-independence era.
Tundla Junction is important for the people of Agra and for tourists providing connections to the east of the country, i.e. Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna etc., and especially to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. It has connections to Agra Cantonment, Firozabad railway station, Badaun, Bareilly Junction, Etawah, Aligarh Junction, Phaphund, Kanpur Central railway station etc.
History
- 1972: Electrification from Howrah reaches Tundla.
- 29 December 2002: Konkan Railway conducts a trial run of the Madgaon–Roha Express at 150 km/h (briefly touching 165 km/h at times) using a WDP-4 loco. In December,[citation needed] NR is said to have run trials with a WDP-4 hauling at train at up to 180 km/h on the Ghaziabad–Tundla section.
- 13–21 December 2003: Trials with weak field arrangement for MEMUs on the Tundla–Kanpur section of NCR. With a "dense crush load" and stopping at all stations, a 4-car MEMU rake could reduce its total running time by 7% with a maximum speed of 90 km/h and 10% with a maximum speed of 100 km/h on the 228 km section, because of the improved acceleration.
References
- ↑ "Tundla Railway Station Map/Atlas NCR/North Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Tundla Jn (TDL) Railway Station: Station Code, Schedule & Train Enquiry - RailYatri". www.railyatri.in. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Vande Bharat Express begins first commercial run". The Economic Times. 17 February 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
External links
- Tundla Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
