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{{short description|Railway station in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox station
|name=Barhan Junction
|other_name=
|style=Indian Railways
|type= [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
|image=Barhan.jpg
|address=Barhan, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
|country=India
|coordinates={{Coord|27.3292|N|78.1917|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline}}
|elevation={{convert|176.67|m|ft}}
|owned=[[Indian Railways]]
|operator=[[North Central Railway zone]]
|line=[[Kanpur–Delhi section]] of [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] and [[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]
|platform=2
|tracks=4
|other=
|accessible=
|bicycle=No
|parking=Yes
|structure=Standard on ground
|code={{Indian railway code | code = BRN | division = {{rwd|Prayagraj}}}}
|status=Functioning
|closed=
|former=[[East Indian Railway Company]]
|opened=1865–66
|rebuilt=
|electrified=1975–76
|passengers=5,00 daily
|pass_system=
|pass_year=
|pass_percent=
|map_type = India#India Uttar Pradesh
|map_dot_label = "Barhan" railway station
|map_size = 300
|map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh
|image_size=
|image_caption=Barhan Junction station
}}
'''Barhan railway station''' is a [[junction station]] on the [[Kanpur–Delhi section]] of [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. It is located just 38 km from [[Agra City]]. 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.

== History ==
Through trains started running on the [[East Indian Railway Company]]'s Howrah–Delhi line in 1866.<ref name="irfcai2">{{cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html|title=IR History: Early History (1832–1869)|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

[[Barhan village|Barhan]] offers a branch railway Line to {{stnlnk|Etah}}.

== Development ==
Etah–[[Kasganj Junction railway station|Kasganj]] new line work has been sanctioned in the Budget 2017–2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/etah/etah-kasganj-railway-line-approved|title=एटा-कासगंज रेल लाइन को मंजूरी – Amarujala|work=Amar Ujala|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ner.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=1398&id=0,4,268|title=Important Railway Projects over N.E.Railway in Budget-2017-18}}</ref>

New passenger train service started from {{stnlnk|Agra Fort}}–{{stnlnk|Etah}} on 10 April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epaper.amarujala.com/ad/my/20170404/06.html?format=img|title=Amar Ujala E-Paper|website=epaper.amarujala.com|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.jagran.com/ePaperArticle/27-mar-2017-edition-Etah-page_6-8133-6150-195.html|title=Story|website=epaper.jagran.com|access-date=2017-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419100701/http://epaper.jagran.com/ePaperArticle/27-mar-2017-edition-Etah-page_6-8133-6150-195.html|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Barhan–Etah Railway Track Electrification Process Begins<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/etah/story-barhan-etah-railway-track-electrification-process-begins-3001769.html|title=Barhan–Etah Railway Track Electrification Process Begins}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradeh {{!}} Uttam Rail {{!}} A progressive journey since 2014 |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/secretary_branches/Constituency/Uttar%20Pradesh%20Constituencies/UP%20English/Etah.pdf}}</ref>

== Media ==
<gallery widths=180>
File:An antique well near the station, used to supply water to steam engines years ago. Barhan Junction (Agra)2.jpg|An antique well near the station, used to supply water to steam engines years ago. Barhan Junction (Agra)2
File:An antique well near the station, used to supply water to steam engines years ago. Barhan Junction (Agra)1.jpg|An antique well near the station, used to supply water to steam engines years ago. Barhan Junction
File:Abandoned passengers at the platform, Barhan Junction1.jpg|Platform No.1, Barhan Junction
File:Abandoned passengers at the platform, Barhan Junction.jpg|Platform No.1
File:A derelict cement bench at the Barhan station platform.jpg|A derelict cement bench at the Barhan station platform
File:13-a-woman-offering-prayers-at-nearby-temple-barhan-junction-agra-uttar-pradesh2.jpg|A woman worshipping at a Hindu temple nearby Platform No. 2
File:Barhan Junction.jpg|Click from railway foot overbridge Barhan Junction
File:Barhan Junction Main Building.jpg|Barhan Junction railway main structure
File:Circulation area.jpg|Circulation area
File:Areawg.jpg|Reservation counter
File:Patejvc.jpg|Platform
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Etah railway station]]
* [[Tundla Junction railway station]]
* [[Agra Fort railway station]]
* [[Hathras Junction railway station]]
* [[Aligarh Junction railway station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|4910}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways|line=North Central Railway zone|left=Mitawali|right=Chamrola|type=[[Kanpur–Delhi section]]|line2=North Central Railway zone|left2=|right2=Shivwala Tehu|type2=[[Kanpur–Delhi section|Barhan–Etah branch line]]}}

{{Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1865]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Agra district]]
[[Category:Prayagraj railway division]]

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